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Hazards & Disasters
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The 22 January 2023 landslide at Zhenxiong in Yunnan Province, China
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 […]
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Planet Labs imagery of the Mount Hanang debris flows in Tanzania
On 21 December 2023, Planet Labs captured imagery of the Mount Hanang debris flows in Tanzania, highlighting that many failures coalesced into channelised debris flows.
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Law and Order for Friction and Faults: One Law to Rule Them All
Faults are made of complex materials with complex behaviors, and having a single model that can predict these behaviors is an advance in understanding deformation and the earthquake cycle.
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Frost Quakes Shake Up Finland’s Wetlands
New research shows frost quakes may happen more frequently in wetland areas and, similar to earthquakes, can cause damage to infrastructure.
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Popocatépetl’s Wake-Up Call: Transforming Volcanology in Mexico
The 1994 eruption of “Don Goyo” in central Mexico accelerated an academic interest in volcanology.
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Trends in the occurrence of landslides in Nepal from 2011 to 2020
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Nepal is one of the most landslide prone countries on earth, a consequence of its topography, geology, climate and socio-economic setting. I have long had an interest in landslides in Nepal, and […]
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Landslides from the 1 January 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake in Japan
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 1 January 2024, the Mw=7.5 Noto Peninsula Earthquake struck the Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan. AS of the time of writing, 168 people are known to have lost their lives, whilst up […]
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Pooling Data Could Help Anticipate Megafloods in Europe
Locally surprising floods aren’t so surprising in a continent-wide context.
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Mapping the Moon to Shield Astronauts from Radiation
Scientists are charting landing spots that offer future lunar astronauts protection from the Sun and deep space.