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The 6 February 2024 landslide at Masara in the Philippines
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 […]
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A Philippine Island Detective Story
Researchers snorkeled, drilled, profiled, mapped, and interviewed to unlock clues to how an island was born.
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Landslides triggered by the 17 November 2023 M=6.8 earthquake in Sarangani in the Philippines
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
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。
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Asian Dust Flux into Philippine Sea Increased During Miocene
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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Anticipating Climate Impacts of Major Volcanic Eruptions
NASA’s rapid response plan for gathering atmospheric data amid major volcanic eruptions, paired with efforts to improve eruption simulations, will offer better views of these events’ global effects.
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Joy Santiago: Charting Safety Through Mapmaking
An environmental planner proudly “helping the Filipino people.”
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Lightning Tames Typhoon Intensity Forecasting
Typhoons regularly drench densely populated western Pacific regions, but lightning could forecast intensity more than a day before a storm’s strength peaks.
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Tropical Lakes May Emit More Methane
Fresh waters are one of the primary sources of natural methane emissions, but methane dynamics in tropical lakes are not as well understood as those in more temperate regions.