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Google Earth image of the town of Joshimath in northern India.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

Movement of the Joshimath landslide in India

by Dave Petley 14 July 202514 July 2025

A new paper (Dalal et al. 2025) in the journal Engineering Geology examines movement of a major landslide complex in India. It shows that the slope reactivated in 2018, probably as a result of the loss of vegetation and poor management of water. Loyal readers will remember a series of posts that I made back […]

The aftermath of the 8 February 2025 Junlian rock avalanche in Sichuan, China.
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An initial analysis of the 8 February 2025 Junlian rock avalanche, China

by Dave Petley 9 June 20259 June 2025

A new paper in the journal Landslides has presented a review of a large landslide that killed 29 people in Sichuan Province. On 8 February 2025, a large rock avalanche occurred in Junlian County in Sichuan Province, China. I wrote about this event, now known as the Junlian rock avalanche, at the time. With remarkable […]

The 1 June 2025 landslides at Chaten in Sikkim, India.
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The 1 June 2025 landslides at Chaten in Sikkim, India

by Dave Petley 3 June 20253 June 2025

Nine people have been killed in a series of landslides, triggered by heavy rainfall, that have struck an army camp. At about 7 pm local time on 1st June 2025, a series of landslides struck an army camp at Chaten in the Lachen District of Sikkim in India. It is believed that nine people have […]

意大利一个干涸的、多边形的湖盆展现了 2017 年的干旱状况。
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气候变暖正在改变欧亚大陆的干旱状况

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 15 May 202515 May 2025

研究人员利用树木年轮记录重建水文气候模式,并找出干旱的驱动因素。

Google Earth image from 2022 showing a possible rear scarp of a failure in mine waste at Ledo in Assam, India.
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Potential coal waste landslides at Ledo in Assam, India

by Dave Petley 26 March 202526 March 2025

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. India Today NE has a very interesting article about the risk of coal waste landslides to communities in Ledo, which is in Margherita co-district in Assam, N. India. The article states:- “Residents of […]

A satellite image of the Khurais Oil Field in Saudi Arabia taken in February 2017 shows the industrial facility in the desert, releasing two dark black plumes of smoke.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Middle East’s First Comprehensive Carbon Budget

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 13 March 202513 March 2025

The first greenhouse gas budget for Central and West Asia—24 countries, including Yemen, Türkiye, Kazakhstan, and Afghanistan—was just published.

Photo of Gabura Union, Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta.
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Asian Megadeltas: Tackling Coastal Flooding Challenges

by Mélanie Becker, Katharina Seeger and Amelie Paszkowski 11 March 202511 March 2025

Integrating scientific insights into current actions is crucial for steering future research directions and underpinning informed management of coastal flooding in Asian deltas.

Google Earth image collected on 19 January 2021 showing the lower slope area in the aftermath of the 6 August 2020 Pettimudi landslide.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

The 6 August 2020 Pettimudi landslide in the Western Ghats, India

by Dave Petley 25 February 202525 February 2025

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The Western Ghats area of Kerala in SW India has a significant landslide problem in the SW summer monsoon period. This is a tropical, hilly region (elevations extend to over 2,500 metres) […]

A cracked, polygonal, dried lake basin in Italy shows what the drought conditions were like in 2017.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Warming Climate Is Shifting Eurasian Drought Conditions

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 24 February 202515 May 2025

Researchers use tree ring records to help reconstruct hydroclimate patterns and isolate drivers of drought.

Planet image from the after the failure, showing the site of the 25 April 2024 landslide at Pernote in India.
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The 25 April 2024 landslide at Pernote in Ramban District, India

by Dave Petley 13 February 202513 February 2025

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. For anyone monitoring global landslides, Ramban District in Jammu and Kashmir, India is a familiar name. Located in a highly tectonically active area of the Himalayas, with a monsoonal climate , steep […]

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