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A drone view shows the Nakhu River flooding and affecting homes during heavy rainfall in Lalitpur, Nepal, in September 2024.
Posted inNews

Climate Change Amplified the Effects of Extreme Rainfall in Nepal

by Leslie Liang 18 December 202418 December 2024

A new study indicates that rapid urbanization and deforestation also contributed to devastation caused by floods and landslides in 2024.

Map of faults in California with many orientations
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Creeping Faults May Have Simpler Geometries

by Erin Martin-Jones 20 November 202420 November 2024

A recent study offers an alternative perspective on why some fault segments slide smoothly, whereas others get stuck and produce earthquakes.

The top of a conical volcano covered in snow appears against a blue sky
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Glaciers near Active Volcanoes Flow Faster

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 14 November 202414 November 2024

Monitoring glacier velocity could help predict volcanic activity, a study of more than 210,000 glaciers suggests.

Dirt, rocks, and tree debris block one lane of a mountain highway.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mapping Landslide Risk in the United States and Puerto Rico

by Rebecca Owen 22 October 202422 October 2024

A new method provides highly accurate continental-scale landslide susceptibility maps that are being used in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

A road runs through a neighborhood; the road is warped and covered with black tarp and orange sandbags in some places.
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Rancho Palos Verdes Landslides Have Residents Seeking Science

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 3 October 20243 October 2024

Residents of Rancho Palos Verdes are looking to the scientific community for help in understanding the slow-moving landslides that are destroying their community.

The orange glow from erupting lava illuminates the area around the summit of Kīlauea volcano under a star-filled night sky.
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An Unprecedented Experiment to Map Kīlauea’s Summit Magma System

by Roger Denlinger, Daniel R. H. O’Connell, Guoqing Lin, Steve Roecker and Ninfa Bennington 18 September 202423 September 2024

Dozens of researchers deployed nearly 2,000 seismic stations—and a T-Rex—to better illuminate subsurface structure and magma storage below the summit of the highly active volcano.

Aerial view of muddy-looking floodwaters from a meandering river flooding houses and buildings throughout a town spread on either side of the river
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Cultivating Trust in AI for Disaster Management

by Monique M. Kuglitsch, Ivanka Pelivan, Chinnawat Danakkaew, Jesper Dramsch and Reza Arghandeh 11 September 202416 January 2025

Artificial intelligence applied in disaster management must be reliable, accurate, and, above all, transparent. But what does transparency in AI mean, why do we need it, and how is it achieved?

Skeletal remains lie on dirt next to a partially collapsed wall.
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Earthquakes May Have Amplified the Destruction of Pompeii

by Evan Howell 5 August 20245 August 2024

A new analysis of skeletons and collapsed walls indicates that seismic activity compounded the historic catastrophe wrought by Mount Vesuvius.

Samantha Montano poses with a shovel on a disaster recovery site.
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Samantha Montano: Helping Communities Recover

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 July 202425 July 2024

A disasterologist has a passion for making emergency management systems more just and equitable.

A firefighter walks toward a fire in a field.
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Is It Climate Change? Americans Mostly Say Yes

by Grace van Deelen 18 June 202418 June 2024

Most Americans think climate change plays some role in creating extreme weather, though their perceptions didn’t always align with scientists’.

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