New research examining the impact of climate change on hops production has brewed up a storm.
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Brienz/Brinzauls: Controls on rockfalls in high mountain environments
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The availability of high temporal and spatial resolution monitoring technologies, most notably terretrial laser scanning (Lidar) and doppler radar, has transformed our ability to understand rockfalls. These systems can be deployed to […]
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A landslide triggered the 1650 tsunamigenic eruption of Kolumbo in the Aegean Sea
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In 1650, a destructive tsunami occurred in the Aegean Sea, which is an embayment of the Mediterranean sea, located between the modern Greece to the west and Turkey to the east. There […]
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How Wildfires and Weather Affect Portugal’s Public Health
Researchers dug into data to examine the effects of wildfires, pollutants, and meteorological factors on mortality and cardiovascular health in the Iberian country.
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Spectacular bouncing boulders in Ticino, Switzerland
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Highly mobile boulders are one of the most extraordinary and hazardous landslide phenomena. In recent years, mobile phone footage has captured a number of these events, such as the famous boulder at […]
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Ароматы в ледяном керне рассказывают о жизнедеятельности человека
В ледяном керне самой высокой горной вершины Европы содержатся источающие запах молекулы, свойства которых отражают экономические взлеты и падения Советского Союза.
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Exploring Just How Extreme Future Storms Could Get
A novel approach to storm simulations could help prepare for increasingly heavy precipitation events.
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New images of the 3 August 2023 Shovi landslide
Satellite and terrestrial images are casting light on the Shovi landslide in Georgia.
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The 4 August 2023 debris flow at Shovi in Georgia
The 4 August 2023 catastrophic debris flow that destroyed Shovi in Georgia started as a rockslide high in the mountains above the town.
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Bisisthal: a one million tonne rock slope collapse in Switzerland
On 30 July 2023 a one million tonne rock slope collapse occurred close to Bisisthal in Switzerland. It was captured on video.