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Satellite photo of the Himalayas.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

How Good a Recycler is the Himalaya?

by Mikaël Attal 22 January 202422 January 2024

Researchers use sediment recycling to their advantage to calculate how fast the hills at the front of the Himalaya are eroding based on the concentration of rare elements in river sands.

A black, cylindrical seismic instrument sits on a bed of moss covered in a thin layer of frost.
Posted inNews

Frost Quakes Shake Up Finland’s Wetlands

by Grace van Deelen 16 January 202425 April 2024

New research shows frost quakes may happen more frequently in wetland areas and, similar to earthquakes, can cause damage to infrastructure.

A brown river overflows its banks in a green, hilly region with houses.
Posted inNews

Pooling Data Could Help Anticipate Megafloods in Europe

by Elise Cutts 5 January 20245 January 2024

Locally surprising floods aren’t so surprising in a continent-wide context.

Lava flows from a volcanic fissure in Iceland.
Posted inNews

Icelandic Fissure Finally Erupts

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 19 December 20238 February 2024

The position of the eruption and wind conditions are favorable. No one is in immediate danger, local officials said.

Posted inThe Landslide Blog

An interesting failure of an engineered slope in Puchong, Malaysia

by Dave Petley 18 December 202318 December 2023

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 16 December 2023 an interesting failure occurred on an engineered slope at Taman Wawasan in Puchong, Malaysia. The location of the slope is [3.0378, 101.6215]. The failure removed the roadway in […]

Hurricane Lee in the Atlantic Ocean, south of Bermuda
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Atlantic Hurricanes Are Intensifying Faster

by Nathaniel Scharping 1 December 20231 December 2023

Warmer waters and other factors are allowing Atlantic hurricanes to grow stronger faster.

A firefighter stands in front of burning grass and trees.
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Climate Change Narrows the Window for Prescribed Fires

by Caroline Hasler 16 November 202316 November 2023

Longer, drier summers may mean fewer opportunities for firefighters to safely burn would-be wildfire fuel in the western United States.

Posted inThe Landslide Blog

Ardfern: a landslide that is causing a serious problem to a remote Scottish community

by Dave Petley 3 November 20233 November 2023

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The Guardian has run a story about the remote Scottish village of Ardfern, located on the Craignish peninsula in Argyll, and its travails as a result of a landslide triggered by heavy […]

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The official report into the 16 December 2022 Batang Kali landslide

by Dave Petley 23 October 202323 October 2023

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In the aftermath of the horrific 16 December 2022 landslide at Batang Kali in Malaysia, in which 31 people were killed, an official investigation was instigated by the government. This was not […]

Planet Labs satellite image of the area of South Lhonak lake in Sikkim, India, after the landslide and GLOF.
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Active deformation around South Lhonak lake in Sikkim, India

by Dave Petley 12 October 202312 October 2023

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In recent days, the dedicated group of landslide scientists that tries to understand large events has been focused on the dreadful Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) that caused such high levels of […]

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