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Aerial image of the 1952 landslide showing the debris path that leads into the ocean
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A 1952 Landslide Hints at Early Permafrost Thaw in the Arctic

by Andrew Chapman 22 March 202322 March 2023

Scientists took a deeper look at a 70-year-old slide and found that climate change likely set the stage for the disaster.

A tree-lined valley in Switzerland with a deep channel cutting through the beige ground.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Scientists Just Measured a Debris Flow in Unprecedented Detail

by Sarah Derouin 13 March 202313 March 2023

This research team used a laser sensor originally designed for autonomous vehicles to track debris flow surges.

A 2017 landslide in Freetown, Sierra Leone, killed an estimated 1,100 residents, largely in informal settlements.
Posted inNews

Protecting Poor Neighborhoods from Landslide Risk

by J. Besl 8 December 202225 January 2023

As low-income, informal settlements bloom in the tropics, their risk of landslides increases. A new modeling tool incorporates urbanization factors to protect the region’s poorest neighborhoods.

Sandbags of wildfire debris are spread on Goleta Beach, Calif.
Posted inNews

Managing Mudslide Debris After Fires

by Robin Donovan 14 October 202214 October 2022

California officials faced a conundrum in dealing with mudslides after the Thomas Fire.

Abandoned buildings sit in the wake of a landslide that hit the Sunkoshi River in Nepal.
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New Landslide Reporting Tool Uses Social Media and AI

by Deepa Padmanaban 1 September 20221 September 2022

The tool extracts landslide information in real time, which could advance landslide research as well as disaster response.

坐落于长江干流的中国三峡水库
Posted inResearch Spotlights

光纤技术为滑坡监测开辟新领域

by Aaron Sidder 30 August 202230 August 2022

为了研究中国三峡水库沿线的一处滑坡,研究人员在现场布设了光纤传感器,来监测地下温度、湿度和应变。

Sensors attached to an orange buoy on the deck of a research vessel
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River Floods Can Trigger Powerful Underwater Landslides

by Carolyn Wilke 26 August 202224 March 2023

A record-length turbidity current triggered by river flooding has revealed a new link between the surface and the deep sea.

China’s Three Gorges Reservoir, located on the Yangtze River.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Fiber Optics Open New Frontier for Landslide Monitoring

by Aaron Sidder 3 August 202216 September 2022

To study a landslide along China’s Three Gorges Reservoir, researchers deployed underground fiber-optic sensors to monitor temperature, moisture, and strain.

Diagrams and graphs showing the growth of submarine slides.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Growth That Economists Would Envy

by Michel Louge 20 July 202221 July 2022

A new study reveals how small cracks turn into gigantic submarine slides.

Four satellite images showing pyroclastic material infill between 2014 and 2019.
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Volcanic Creation and Destruction of Temporary Tephra Storage

by Agnes Kontny 1 July 202220 September 2022

Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are a major threat during an explosive volcanic eruption. A new study shows that loose tephra accumulations on volcanic slopes tend to re-mobilize rapidly.

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