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Diagram from the study.
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Ice boost! Why Rock Avalanches Containing Ice Travel So Far

by Mikaël Attal 12 February 20257 February 2025

Researchers identify a new mechanism that allows avalanches containing a mixture of rock and ice to travel very long distances.

Stacked sedimentary rock layers of different thicknesses make up a turbidite bed.
Posted inScience Updates

Submarine Avalanche Deposits Hold Clues to Past Earthquakes

by Valerie Sahakian, Debi Kilb, Joan Gomberg, Nora Nieminski and Jake Covault 18 March 202418 March 2024

Scientists are making progress on illuminating how undersea sedimentary deposits called turbidites form and on reconstructing the complex histories they record. But it’s not an easy task.

Sedimentos de varios tamaños yacen sobre el fondo marino. Un aura de rayos de sol brilla sobre el océano azul oscuro.
Posted inNews

Arenas de aguas profundas y dónde encontrarlas

by Emily Shepherd 2 October 20232 October 2023

Antiguas avalanchas submarinas llevaron arena al abismo oceánico en el momento en que algunos menos lo esperaban.

Sediments of various sizes sit on the seafloor. A blossoming, white sunbeam flares against the blue backdrop of the sea.
Posted inNews

Deep-Sea Sand and Where to Find It

by Emily Shepherd 30 March 202314 March 2024

Ancient underwater avalanches carried sand into the ocean’s abyss during a time when some least expected it.

Diagram showing various glacial lake outburst flood process chains
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Artificial Lake-Level Lowering Alleviates Floods in the Himalayas

by Dongfeng Li 8 March 20236 March 2023

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.

Sensors attached to an orange buoy on the deck of a research vessel
Posted inNews

River Floods Can Trigger Powerful Underwater Landslides

by Carolyn Wilke 26 August 202214 March 2024

A record-length turbidity current triggered by river flooding has revealed a new link between the surface and the deep sea.

Satellite image of an icy ridge on Mars
Posted inNews

The Massive Ice Avalanches of Mars

Joshua Learn, Science Writer by Joshua Rapp Learn 27 April 20208 August 2022

Ice avalanches may have traveled at speeds of up to 80 meters per second.

Researchers use radar imaging to examine how snow temperature influences avalanche behavior
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Peering Beneath the Powder: Using Radar to Understand Avalanches

by Terri Cook 6 April 201831 March 2023

High-resolution radar images from Switzerland’s experimental test site show that snow temperature is a key factor in classifying avalanche behavior.

Posted inNews

Forensic Analysis of Landslide Reveals Rocky Secrets

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 4 March 201624 February 2022

Scientists used drones, seismic data, and eyewitness accounts to figure out what unleashed an unthinkably large landslide on a spring day in Colorado.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Slow-Moving Glide Avalanches Still Pack a Punch

by N. McGuire 20 November 201520 November 2015

Predicting glide avalanches and explaining how they work are difficult tasks, but the forces they exert can be calculated fairly well.

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