Scientists found that low autumn snow levels in western Eurasia are associated with dry, warm winters in California, increasing the Golden State’s wildfire risk.
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Where Was Baltica 616 Million Years Ago?
Disentangling magnetic signals in its ancient rocks gives an updated view of the paleocontinent’s position during the Ediacaran period.
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Landslides in Art Part 36: The Great Landslide of 1664 of Runswick Bay on The day Village That Slipped into the Sea by “Jotter”
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. I’ve not posted about Landslides in Art much in recent years – the most recent edition was almost two years ago – but loyal readers will know that this is a long […]
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Raknehaugen in Norway: an Iron Age memorial to a landslide
An Iron Age burial mound in Norway has been reinterpreted as being a memorial for a catastrophic landslide during a period of climatic instability. There is a very interesting article (Gustavsen 2026) in the European Journal of Archaeology that re-examines an Iron Age mound known as Raknehaugen (Rakni’s Mound) in Norway. This mound has, until […]
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The 12 March 2026 Kursebi landslide in Georgia
A large landslide in Tkibuli municipality has rendered 45 families homeless and has caused damage over an area of 58 hectares. Early in the morning of 12 March 2026, a landslide struck a small village in Tkibuli municipality of rural Georgia. The Kursebi landslide has rendered 45 families homeless, causing damage over a surface area […]
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A dramatic rockfall on the E134 road at Fjæra in Etne, Norway
An occupied vehicle was crushed, but the person in the car escaped unhurt. On 1 March 2026, a very dramatic rockfall occurred in Fjæra in Etne in Vestland county, Norway. The rockfall, which originated on a steep rock slope on the flanks of Åkrafjorden, did not kill anyone, but it crushed a pick-up truck (see below). […]
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The 2 February 2026 landslide on the Ionian motorway between Arta and Amfilochia
An unusual failure has occurred on a cut slope adjacent to a key road in Greece. On 2 February 2026 a major, fascinating landslide occurred on the A5 Ionian motorway between Arta and Amfilochia in Greece. The location appears to be [39.07754, 21.09861]. The news site ekathimerini has a story providing the details, which includes […]
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Climate Change May Have Killed 16,469 People in Europe This Summer
Researchers warn that preventable heat-related deaths will continue to rise with continued fossil fuel emissions.
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Another landslide crisis in Switzerland – debris flows in the Val de Bagnes
30 people have been evacuated in Les Epenays and Fregnoley in the Val de Bagnes in Valais due to the threat of debris flows . As the dust settles on the landslide crisis at Blatten, Swissinfo has published a very nice article highlighting the growing landslide risk in Switzerland. For example, in the canton of […]
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The 28 May 2025 catastrophic failure of the Birch Glacier and the partial burial of Blatten
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Over the course of the last few days, I have been blogging about the evolving situation on the slopes above Blatten in Switzerland. I documented that attention slowly transitioned from worries about […]