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Satellite photo of features on Europa.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

What Goes Up Must Come Down: Movement of Water in Europa’s Crust

by Kelsi Singer 31 July 202531 July 2025

Using Earth’s glaciers as an analog, a new study explores the possibility of downward propagation of fractures and melt in Europa’s icy crust.

A large icebreaking ship docked in a shipyard among sea ice.
Posted inResearch & Developments

Scientists Ask NSF to Keep Only Antarctic Icebreaker Afloat

by Grace van Deelen 29 July 202529 July 2025

On 28 July, more than 170 researchers sent a letter to National Science Foundation leaders and Congress, urging them to reconsider the decision to terminate the lease of the Nathaniel B. Palmer, the United States’ only Antarctic research vessel-icebreaker (RVIB) and a key part of science operations around the White Continent.

A group of people in the distance stand on a large gray rock outcrop with grooves carved by glaciers.
Posted inFeatures

Getting Schooled in Complex Earth System Modeling

by Stephanie Sherman, Terry Wilson, Rebekka Steffen, Holger Steffen and Andrew Lloyd 25 July 202524 July 2025

Training schools focused on modeling solid Earth responses to ice mass changes offer lessons on how early-career scientists can build professional networks and learn skills to solve complex problems.

Posted inThe Landslide Blog

The 8 July 2025 catastrophic flood at Rasuwagadhi in Nepal

by Dave Petley 9 July 20259 July 2025

Yesterday, catastrophic flood swept down the Bhote Kosi river through Tibet and Nepal. At least 28 people have been killed. There is speculation that this might have been a GLOF. On 8 July 2025, a catastrophic mudslide / flood suddenly struck the Rasuwagadhi border crossing point between Tibet and Nepal, causing extensive damage. The Himalayan […]

Google Earth image of the landslide at the Barry Glacier in Alaska in 2019.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

Landslides during periods of glacial retreat in Alaska

by Dave Petley 30 June 202530 June 2025

An excellent new paper (Walden et al. 2025) examines the occurrence of accelerated movement in rock slope landslides in Alaska as adjacent glaciers melt. The exceptional temperatures in recent days in both North America and Europe has once again highlighted the rate at which the climate is changing in response to anthropogenic increases in greenhouse […]

The landslide on the Lakina River in Alaska. Photograph posted to Facebook by John Matthews.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

A landslide on the Lakina River in Alaska

by Dave Petley 5 June 20255 June 2025

A recent Facebook post has highlighted a reasonably large slump landslide in a remote area of Alaska. Satellite images suggest that this occurred in late October or early November 2024. Loyal reader Andrew McNown kindly highlighted a recent Facebook post that provided some images of a landslide that has partially blocked the Lakina River in […]

Google Earth image of a mountainous region with a deeply incised fjord and low relief surfaces surrounding.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

High Relief, Low Relief — Glaciers Do It All

by Peter Zeitler 4 June 20254 June 2025

Contrary to conventional wisdom that glaciers just carve landscapes, they can also form low-relief surfaces by sheltering rock from erosion, enriching understanding of how mountain landscapes evolve.

Photo of a mountainous region with a rock glacier and pool of water in front.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Rock Glacier Velocity: Monitoring Permafrost Amid Climate Change

by Yan Hu and Reynald Delaloye 3 June 20252 June 2025

The movement of unique landforms called “rock glaciers” give insight into how climate change is impacting permafrost in mountainous regions.

The current situation on the Birch Glacier at Blatten, showing the heavy fracturing in the ice of the Birch Glacier.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

The 28 May 2025 catastrophic failure of the Birch Glacier and the partial burial of Blatten

by Dave Petley 29 May 202529 May 2025

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 […]

The current situation on the Birch Glacier at Blatten.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

The 28 May 2025 update on the landslide threatening Blatten in Switzerland

by Dave Petley 28 May 202528 May 2025

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 last 24 hours there have been further developments in the situation on the slopes above Blatten in Switzerland, with attention continuing to focus primarily on the Birch Glacier. Yesterday evening […]

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A Solar Wind Squeeze May Have Strengthened Jovian Aurorae

1 August 20251 August 2025
Editors' Highlights

What Goes Up Must Come Down: Movement of Water in Europa’s Crust

31 July 202531 July 2025
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JGR: Space Physics Launches New Instrumentation Article Type

23 July 202521 July 2025
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