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Two maps with symbols to indicate seismic events.
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Seismotectonic Update of the Philippines-Taiwan Region

by Atalay Ayele 4 October 20243 October 2024

Using more than two decades of data, scientists find that the Philippine and Taiwan subduction region is controlled mainly by shallow seismicity and low magnitude earthquakes.

The 11 May 2024 tailings landslide at Siana gold mine in the Philippines.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

New satellite imagery of the 11 May 2024 tailings failure at Siana in Surigao del Norte, Philippines

by Dave Petley 4 June 20244 June 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Just under a month ago, I wrote about the tailings failure at the Siana gold mine in Surigao del Norte, Philippines. Capella Space captured good radar imagery of the site. We now […]

A magnified radar satellite image of the 11 May 2024 tailings landslide at Siana in the Philippines.
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Satellite images of the 11 May 2024 tailings failure at Siana in Surigao del Norte, Philippines

by Dave Petley 16 May 202416 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. Satellite imagery has now become available of the tailings landslide that affected the Siana gold mine in the Philippines on 11 May 2024. An interesting image has been captured by Capella Space, […]

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 […]

Plastic trash litters the beach as children play in Manila.
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Manila Confronts Its Plastic Problem

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 25 March 202425 March 2024

The Philippine capital is the latest city to address rampant plastic pollution through a community-guided protocol.

Google Earth image from April 2017 of the site of the 6 February 2024 landslide at Masara in the Philippines.
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The 6 February 2024 landslide at Masara in the Philippines

by Dave Petley 13 February 202413 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 6 February 2024, a large landslide struck the mining village of Masara in  in Maco town, Davao de Oro in the Philippines. As of the time of writing, it had been […]

Carbonate gravels up to boulder size (with human scale) are scattered on the seaward side of the island. Mangroves were planted and propagated.
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A Philippine Island Detective Story

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 11 December 202311 December 2023

Researchers snorkeled, drilled, profiled, mapped, and interviewed to unlock clues to how an island was born.

Drone footage of landslides triggered by the 17 November 2023 earthquake in Sarangani, Philippines.
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Landslides triggered by the 17 November 2023 M=6.8 earthquake in Sarangani in the Philippines

by Dave Petley 21 November 202321 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. On 17 November 2023 at 4:14 pm local time, an Mw=6.8 earthquake struck the the area of Sarangani in Davao Occidental in the Philippines. The epicentre was located offshore at a depth […]

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中新世输入菲律宾海的亚洲风尘增加

by Sarah Feakins 6 October 202226 January 2023

一项来自菲律宾海的新的深海风尘记录,结合西北太平洋已有记录的对比,展示了海洋风尘沉积如何记录大气粉尘通量或风力传输路径的变化。

Figure 2 from the paper, showing 3 diagrams.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Asian Dust Flux into Philippine Sea Increased During Miocene

by Sarah Feakins 6 October 202226 January 2023

A new deep sea dust record from the Philippine Sea, when added to evidence from the NW Pacific, suggests how dust may record a change in dustiness or the position of wind transport.

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