New research shows frost quakes may happen more frequently in wetland areas and, similar to earthquakes, can cause damage to infrastructure.
Hazards & Disasters
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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.
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The downstream impacts of the 4 October 2023 GLOF in Sikkim, India
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The 4 October 2023 Glacial Outburst Flood (GLOF) in Sikkim was triggered by a landslide into a glacial lake, that in turn triggered an overtopping event that generated the appalling debris flow […]
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Giant landslides in the Vaigat strait in Greenland
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. A fascinating and important open access paper has just been published in the journal Geology (Svennevig et al. 2023) that seeks to understand the generation of tsunami waves in high latitude fjord […]
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The Connections Between Landscape Fires and Your Health
A transdisciplinary reference guide to investigating relationships between biomass burning during landscape fires, the smoke it creates, and the impacts on human health and well-being.
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Icelandic Fissure Finally Erupts
The position of the eruption and wind conditions are favorable. No one is in immediate danger, local officials said.