Later this year I’ll leave the University of Hull to take up the role of Vice-Chancellor and President at Nottingham Trent University. Nottingham Trent University has about 40,000 students and staff spanning five university sites. It is the fifth largest university in terms of enrolled students in the UK. In recent years it has enjoyed […]
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Remediating the Browney Curve landslide in County Durham
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Rail Advent has a very nice article that describes the now completed repair of the Browney Curve landslide on the East Coast Mainline railway line in England. This is a site that […]
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The 7 March 2025 rockfall in Ventnor, Isle of Wight
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At 22:55 local time on 7 March 2025, a significant rockfall occurred on Belgrave Road in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight in southern England. Whilst the event was not large in […]
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The growing landslide threat to the Snake Pass in northern England
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. BBC News ran an item yesterday about the Snake Pass, the major road that links the two major northern English cities of Manchester and Sheffield. The Snake Pass is a beautiful highway, […]
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The 1 January 2025 embankment failure on the Bridgewater Canal at Dunham Massey
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 1 January 2025, a major embankment failure occurred on the Bridgewater Canal close Dunham Massey in NW England. The local newspaper, Altrincham Today, has a nice article about this event and […]
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A Splashy Meteorite Was Forged in Multiple Collisions
The Winchcombe meteorite was recovered, largely from a driveway, just hours after it fell to Earth, preserving evidence that its early relatives could have filled Earth’s oceans.
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The Baildon landslide in West Yorkshire
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 5 February 2024, a railway cutting failed on the edge of Baildon in West Yorkshire, England. As a consequence, the railway line, an important route linking towns across the region, was […]
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New insights into the ongoing landslide at St Lawrence on the Isle of Wight
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The extraordinary spell of wet weather continues to have a major impact across the United Kingdom, with landslides occurring in many places. The rail network is being significantly disrupted by earthworks failures, […]
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Another landslide in the Undercliff, Isle of Wight
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Over the weekend just past, another substantial area of movement has developed in the Undercliff area of the Isle of Wight in southern England. I have featured landslides in the Undercliff before […]
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Bonchurch: a very large landslide on the Isle of Wight
On 10 December 2023, a large landslide occurred at Bonchurch on the Isle of Wight in the south of England. 20 houses have been evacuated.