Ancient underwater avalanches carried sand into the ocean’s abyss during a time when some least expected it.
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Artificial Lake-Level Lowering Alleviates Floods in the Himalayas
A new model combining future permafrost degradation and related avalanches demonstrates that artificial lake-lowering could significantly reduce the risk of glacial lake outburst floods.
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River Floods Can Trigger Powerful Underwater Landslides
A record-length turbidity current triggered by river flooding has revealed a new link between the surface and the deep sea.
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The Massive Ice Avalanches of Mars
Ice avalanches may have traveled at speeds of up to 80 meters per second.
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Peering Beneath the Powder: Using Radar to Understand Avalanches
High-resolution radar images from Switzerland’s experimental test site show that snow temperature is a key factor in classifying avalanche behavior.
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Forensic Analysis of Landslide Reveals Rocky Secrets
Scientists used drones, seismic data, and eyewitness accounts to figure out what unleashed an unthinkably large landslide on a spring day in Colorado.
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Slow-Moving Glide Avalanches Still Pack a Punch
Predicting glide avalanches and explaining how they work are difficult tasks, but the forces they exert can be calculated fairly well.