Scientists call for improved understanding of how our influence on deep subsurface fluids and microbes might affect the larger Earth system.
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A significant landslide in a mine at Araren in Toka Tindung gold mining area, Indonesia
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 […]
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The 6 April 2024 valley-blocking landslide at Bijela near Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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 […]
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An update on the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey
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, […]
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Antarctic Ice Cores Capture Heavy Metal Pollution—And History
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.
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Ignored Paths of Uranium Exposure Illuminated by Havasupai Tribe
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
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 […]
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First satellite imagery of the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey
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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The 13 February 2024 landslide at the Çöpler Mine in Erzincan province, Turkey
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 2 pm local time on 13 February 2024, a large landslide struck the Çöpler Mine in Erzincan Province, eastern Turkey. The landslide was caught on a remarkable video that has […]
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Bridging Gaps Between the Geosciences and National Security
The geoscience community and national security agencies need effective, two-way communication to exchange information.