A new map of climate conditions during the Pliocene epoch—the last time Earth’s carbon dioxide concentrations hit 400 parts per million—could offer clues about possible climatic changes in store for the 21st century.
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The growing landslide threat to the Snake Pass in northern England
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. BBC News ran an item yesterday about the Snake Pass, the major road that links the two major northern English cities of Manchester and Sheffield. The Snake Pass is a beautiful highway, […]
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Boreal Forests May Be on the Move
A new model shows a tendency for tree cover to decline in warmer areas and increase in colder ones.
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When Climate Research Fuels Climate Myths: Author Insights from a Misused Publication
By equipping ourselves with preventive strategies, mitigation tools, and trusted networks, we can guide misinformed conversations back to accuracy and preserve the value of rigorous research.
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Fatal landslides in January 2025
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In January 2025, I have provisionally recorded 34 fatal landslides worldwide, resulting in 156 fatalities. As usual, there is further work to do to this data to get a definitive list. The […]
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Turning Carbon into Stone: Unlocking Mineralization in Fractured Rock
Carbon mineralization is a promising solution for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, but we must learn to optimize the complex interplay between reactions and mechanics in fractures to develop a scalable solution.
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How Much Did Climate Change Affect the Los Angeles Wildfires?
High heat, dry fuel, and strong winds drove the Palisades and Eaton blazes.
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Three Studies Point to El Niño as Key to 2023 Record Global Heat
Three recent studies reveal how the interplay between El Niño and long-term global warming drove the record-breaking global temperatures of 2023.
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The timing of landslides in areas of permafrost thawing
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. There is a no scientific doubt that human activity is driving rapid warming of the terrestrial climate, and that this is amplified in high latitude and high mountain environments. An inevitable, and […]
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Filling the Gaps: Context and Design of Arctic Carbon Flux Measurement Networks
Large scale observational networks are necessary for understanding the impact of a warming climate in the Arctic, but critical tools are crucial to how those networks are designed.