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The Cauchari Solar Plant sits in the desert.
Posted inFeatures

带一路能否走向绿色?

Mark Betancourt, Freelance Journalist by Mark Betancourt 29 May 202431 October 2024

中国在全球基础设施上的投资可能会改变气候变化的天平,但中国与其伙伴国之间的关系却很复杂。

Google Earth view of the site at Lajia in Gansu Province.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

The destruction of the Bronze Age settlement of Lajia in China

by Dave Petley 23 May 202423 May 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Yesterday, I posted about a new paper (Shi et al. 2024) that describes the liquefaction landslide damage caused to villages in Gansu Province, triggered by the  18 December 2023 Ms=6.2 Jishishan earthquake. The paper is […]

The earthquake ripple hazard area in Jintian and Caotan Villages in Zhongchuan Township, Minhe County, Qinghai Province in China, based on remote sensing imagery and on-site photographs.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

The Jishishan earthquake ripple hazard

by Dave Petley 22 May 202422 May 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. A very interesting paper (Shi et al. 2024) has just been published, open access, in the journal Scientific Reports, describing an “earthquake ripple hazard”, a terminology that I have not come across […]

Diagram and graphs from the paper.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

GAD is Enough!

by Daniel Pastor-Galán 10 May 202425 September 2024

An exhaustive study in China finds no need to invoke extreme true polar wander nor anomalous geomagnetic fields in the early Neoproterozoic.

The site of the 1 May 2024 landslide at Meilong in China.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

The 1 May 2024 Meilong Expressway landslide in China

by Dave Petley 2 May 20242 May 2024

36 people were killed when a fill slope failed at 2:10 am, leaving cars to plunge into the landslide scar. The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Those readers who follow me on Twitter (@davepetley) will have seen posts […]

Landslides triggered by the heavy rainfall at Jiangwan in southern China
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Landslides associated with the extreme rainfall in Jiangwan, Guangdong, China

by Dave Petley 23 April 202423 April 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. It is widely reported that the Chinese province of Guangdong is suffering a period of extreme rainfall, driving widespread flooding. Thousands of people have been evacuated and there is widespread damage. Less […]

Aerial photo of a large rupture caused by an earthquake.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Fault Maturity or Orientation: Which Matters More for Quakes?

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 10 April 20248 July 2024

Close examination of a 2021 earthquake on the Tibetan Plateau provides hints that, counter to prior assumptions, the influence of fault orientation can sometimes trump that of maturity.

A view of a large river with a dam from above. There are mountains in the distant background and green shrubs in the foreground.
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Inland Waters Are a Blind Spot in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

by Saima May Sidik 8 March 202425 June 2024

Researchers call for an extensive monitoring network to quantify carbon dioxide and methane released by China’s rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and ponds.

The Cauchari Solar Plant sits in the desert.
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Can the Belt and Road Go Green?

Mark Betancourt, Freelance Journalist by Mark Betancourt 7 March 202415 November 2024

China’s global infrastructure investments could tip the scales on climate change, but its relationship with partner countries is complicated.

Satellite image of a mountain range
Posted inNews

Magnitude 7.0 Quake Rattles Kyrgyzstan-China Border

by Jennifer Schmidt 22 January 202422 January 2024

The quake struck in the remote Tien Shan mountains.

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