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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
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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.

The toe of the 22 January 2024 landslide at Liangshui Village in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan Province.
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The 22 January 2023 landslide at Zhenxiong in Yunnan Province, China

by Dave Petley 22 January 202422 January 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At 5:51 am local time on 22 January 2023, a significant landslide occurred in Liangshui Village in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan Province of China. It is reported that 47 people from 18 households […]

The Han dynasty wall is a brown structure of grass-filled layers.
Posted inNews

Looking for Climate Clues in China’s Great Wall

by J. Besl 2 January 202423 September 2024

Looking for Climate Clues in China’s Great Wall
In northwestern China, desert conditions have preserved the farthest reaches of the Great Wall. Scientists are now exploring 2,000-year-old building materials for signs of the region’s past climate.

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The 4 June 2023 Yongsheng landslide in China

by Dave Petley 14 December 202314 December 2023

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 4 June 2023 the Yongsheng landslide in Jinkouhe District of Sichuan Province in China killed 19 people, located in a miners’ dormitory that was crushed by the failure. I blogged about […]

In this photograph of Jiang Co, a cloudy sky casts shadows over low hills in the background while the lake water, in the midground, features gray-blue-green tones. Spiky tufts of brown grass grow on the shores in the foreground, with dark angular cobbles studding reddish sand.
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Mammal Droppings Preserve Human and Climate History on the Tibetan Plateau

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 11 December 202327 September 2024

Geochemical signatures in sediment, which includes organic molecules from human and animal poop, help scientists track the rise and fall of the Tibetan Empire.

NASA卫星拍摄的超级台风利奇马的照片。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

用雷达追踪不幸被困在热带气旋中的鸟类和昆虫

by Nathaniel Scharping 5 December 20235 December 2023

热带气旋可以卷走鸟类和昆虫,并将它们带到很远的地方。

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The Woda landslide on the Jinsha River

by Dave Petley 10 November 202310 November 2023

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. An article in the journal Natural Hazards (Yao et al. 2023) examines the Woda landslide on the Jinsha River. The study tries to determine the potential impact of the failure of a […]

The aftermath of the landslide that caused the 2022 high speed train crash at Rongjiang.
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Rongjiang: the 4 June 2022 landslide-induced, high speed railway accident in Guizhou, China

by Dave Petley 8 November 20238 November 2023

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 4 June 2022, a high speed train traveling at about 250 km per hour (155 miles per hour) struck a 200 cubic metre landslide that had inundated the track close to […]

Google Earth imagery taken a few days after the 5 September 2022 Luding Earthquake, showing landslides triggered by the earthquake.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

Landslides triggered by the 5 September 2022 Ms=6.8 Luding Earthquake in China

by Dave Petley 3 October 20233 October 2023

The 5 September 2023 Ms=6.8 Luding Earthquake in China killed an estimated 118 people, of whom 80% were killed by landslides.

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