The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic not only has created a health crisis across the world but is also expected to impact negatively the global economy and societies at a scale that is maybe larger than that of the 2008 financial crisis. Simultaneously, it has inevitably exerted many negative consequences on the geoenvironment on which human beings depend. The current paper articulates the role of environmental geotechnics in elucidating and mitigating the effects of the current pandemic. It is the belief of all authors that the Covid-19 pandemic presents not only significant challenges but also opportunities for the development of the environmental geotechnics field. This discipline should make full use of geoenvironmental researchers’ and engineers’ professional skills and expertise to look for development opportunities from this crisis, to highlight the irreplaceable position of the discipline in the global fight against pandemics and to contribute to the health and prosperity of communities, to serve humankind better. In order to reach this goal while taking into account the specificity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the uncertainty of its environmental effects, it is believed that more emphasis should be placed on the following research directions: pathogen–soil interactions; isolation and remediation technologies for pathogen-contaminated sites; new materials for pathogen-contaminated soil; recycling and safe disposal of medical wastes; quantification of uncertainty in geoenvironmental and epidemiological problems; emerging technologies and adaptation strategies in civil, geotechnical and geoenvironmental infrastructures; pandemic-induced environmental risk management; and modelling of pathogen transport and fate in geoenvironment, among others. Moreover, Covid-19 has made it clear to the environmental geotechnics community the importance of urgent international co-operation and of multidisciplinary research actions that must extend to a broad range of scientific fields, including medical and public health disciplines, in order to meet the complexities posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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环境岩土工程：Covid-19后世界的挑战与机遇

2019年冠状病毒病（Covid-19）大流行的爆发不仅在世界范围内造成了健康危机，而且还有望以比2008年金融危机更大的规模对全球经济和社会造成负面影响。同时，它不可避免地对人类赖以生存的地球环境产生了许多负面影响。本文阐明了环境岩土工程在阐明和减轻当前大流行影响中的作用。所有作者都相信，Covid-19大流行不仅带来了巨大的挑战，而且为环境岩土工程领域的发展带来了机遇。该学科应充分利用地球环境研究人员和工程师的专业技能和专长，以寻找这场危机中的发展机会，突出该学科在全球抗击流行病的斗争中的不可替代的地位，并为社区的健康和繁荣做出贡献，更好地服务于人类。为了达到此目标，同时考虑到严重急性呼吸系统综合症冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）的特异性及其环境影响的不确定性，我们认为应该更加重视以下研究方向：病原体–土壤相互作用；病原体污染场所的隔离和修复技术；用于病原体污染土壤的新材料；医疗废物的回收和安全处置；量化地球环境和流行病学问题的不确定性；土木，岩土和地球环境基础设施中的新兴技术和适应战略；大流行引起的环境风险管理；以及地球环境中病原体运输和命运的建模等。此外，Covid-19向环境岩土工程界表明了紧迫的国际合作和多学科研究行动的重要性，这些行动必须扩展到包括医学和公共卫生学科在内的广泛科学领域，才能满足这一要求。 Covid-19大流行带来的复杂性。大流行引起的环境风险管理；以及地球环境中病原体运输和命运的建模等。此外，Covid-19向环境岩土工程界表明了紧迫的国际合作和多学科研究行动的重要性，这些行动必须扩展到包括医学和公共卫生学科在内的广泛科学领域，才能满足这一要求。 Covid-19大流行带来的复杂性。大流行引起的环境风险管理；以及地球环境中病原体运输和命运的建模等。此外，Covid-19向环境岩土工程界表明了紧迫的国际合作和多学科研究行动的重要性，这些行动必须扩展到包括医学和公共卫生学科在内的广泛科学领域，才能满足这一要求。 Covid-19大流行带来的复杂性。