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Google Earth image of the site of the 11 May 2024 tailings landslide at Siana, Philippines.
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The 11 May 2024 tailings failure at Siana in Surigao del Norte, Philippines

by Dave Petley 13 May 202413 May 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At about 5 a.m. local time on 11 May 2024, a significant tailings landslide occurred at a facility operated by Greenstone Resources Corporation (GRC) at Siana in Surigao del Norte, Philippines. Fortunately […]

Posted inNews

Núcleos de hielo de la Antártica capturan la contaminación de los metales pesados y su historia

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 22 April 202422 April 2024

Un núcleo de hielo que tiene registro más de 2 milenios, sugiere que la minería y la metalurgia aumentaron y disminuyeron con acontecimientos como las guerras y las epidemias.

An oil rig surrounded by a green wall sits on a dirt landscape. Three people, surrounded by boxes and bags, sit in the dirt and examine instruments.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Anthropocene Activities Dramatically Alter Deep Underground Fluid Flux

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 17 April 202417 April 2024

Scientists call for improved understanding of how our influence on deep subsurface fluids and microbes might affect the larger Earth system.

Planet Labs image of the mine at Tambanf Tonando Nusa Jaya in Indonesia after the most recent landslide.
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A significant landslide in a mine at Araren in Toka Tindung gold mining area, Indonesia

by Dave Petley 17 April 202417 April 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. A low key announcement made in Indonesia yesterday caught y attention this morning. It was made by PT Archi Indonesia Tbk (ARCI), a listed mining company, about two gold mine areas run […]

The displacement wave created by the 6 April 2024 landslide at Bijela near Mostar in Bosnia. Still from a video posted to Youtube.
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The 6 April 2024 valley-blocking landslide at Bijela near Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina

by Dave Petley 8 April 20248 April 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 7 April 2024, a major valley-blocking landslide was triggered by blasting in a quarry at Bijela near Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There is a report about this event in the […]

A Planet Labs image of the aftermath of the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey.
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An update on the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey

by Dave Petley 7 March 20247 March 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The news cycle has mostly moved on from the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey, but after a few weeks it is interesting to take stock of the situation, […]

Several long tubes of ice in transparent plastic rest in a freezer. A pair of hands clad in blue gloves with black cuffs reaches down into the freezer. On the wrapper of each tube of ice is a label handwritten in blue—FL_104, FL_105, and so forth—as well as arrows pointing to one end of the ice.
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Antarctic Ice Cores Capture Heavy Metal Pollution—And History

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 26 February 202423 April 2024

An ice core record stretching back more than 2 millennia hints at the mining and metallurgy that waxed and waned with events such as wars and epidemics.

A small village in a canyon surrounded by tall, red cliffs
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Ignored Paths of Uranium Exposure Illuminated by Havasupai Tribe

by Grace van Deelen 20 February 202420 February 2024

An agency-tribal partnership is identifying exposure risks previously not considered in mining risk assessments.

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Precursory deformation for the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey

by Dave Petley 20 February 202420 February 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. As the clean-up after the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey continues (as it will for many more months), further information is emerging about the events leading up to […]

A radar image of the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey
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First satellite imagery of the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey

by Dave Petley 19 February 202419 February 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On Friday, the first set of satellite images became available of the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey. This was a very good radar image released by Capella Space […]

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