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Smallholder Farmers Face Risks in China’s Push for Modern Agriculture

by Claire Beveridge 9 September 20259 September 2025

A study of a circular agriculture project in China shows both the promise and the political challenges for smallholder farmers’ autonomy and fair representation.

Planet Labs image of the aftermath of the 7 August 2025 landslides and debris flows in Yuzhong County, Gansu Province. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission. Image dated 13 August 2025.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

The 7 August 2025 landslides and debris flows in Yuzhong County, Gansu Province

by Dave Petley 18 August 202518 August 2025

At least 43 people were killed in devastating landslides and debris flows in northern China. Planet Labs images provide an insight into this disaster. It is extremely challenging to keep up with the landslides occurring around the world at the moment. There has been a lot of attention paid to the remarkable rock slope failure […]

Map from the study.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A Volcanic Boom Puts the Squeeze on Remote Confined Aquifers

by Douglas R. Schmitt 28 July 202523 July 2025

A new study shows that ground water levels responded to forcing by barometric pressure pulses from the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Volcanic Eruption.

一条河流及后面可见的绿色河岸,山峦和一处灰色的建筑。
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追踪黑碳进入海洋的过程

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 24 July 202524 July 2025

科学家们对三个河口进行研究,来寻找海洋溶解黑碳缺失的来源。

A green riverbank and a building are visible behind a river.
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Tracing Black Carbon’s Journey to the Ocean

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 11 July 202524 July 2025

Scientists surveyed a trio of estuaries in pursuit of a missing source of oceanic dissolved black carbon.

The aftermath of the 24 June 2025 landslide at Houzihé Grand Bridge in Guizhou, China.
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The 24 June 2025 landslide at Houzihé Grand Bridge in Guizhou, China

by Dave Petley 25 June 202525 June 2025

A significant landslide has destroyed a major bridge on the Xiarong Expressway in Guizhou, China. On 24 June 2025, intense rainfall triggered a significant landslide at the site of the Houzihé Grand Bridge, which is a part of the Xiarong Expressway (a key road that is also known as Xiamen–Chengdu Expressway (route G76). The landslide […]

The aftermath of the 3 August 2025 debris flow in the Ridi valley.
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The 3 August 2024 debris flow in the Ridi valley, Kangding, Sichuan Province, China

by Dave Petley 23 June 202523 June 2025

27 people were killed by a massive channelised debris flow in China last year. On 3 August 2024, a large debris flow occurred in the Ridi valley, Kangding, Sichuan Province, China. This event is described in a paper (Cheng et al. 2025) just published in the journal Landslides. Whilst the paper itself is behind a […]

The 15 June 2025 landslide at Zhonghe village in western Guangdong province, China
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The 15 June 2025 landslide at Zhonghe in western Guangdong province, China

by Dave Petley 19 June 202519 June 2025

A community in China had a narrow escape when a landslide, triggered by Typhoon Wutip, occurred on the slopes above the village. Fortunately, the population had been evacuated when a local woman noted signs that a failure might be imminent. At about 4 am on 15 June 2025, rainfall associated with the remnants of Typhoon […]

Graphs and TIMA images from the paper.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Coupled Isotopes Reveal Sedimentary Sources of Rare Metal Granites

by Paul Asimow 17 June 202516 June 2025

Using coupled isotopes, a new study shows that a class of economically important granites are derived by sediment melting without mantle input.

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 […]

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