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A cloudy sky and rain over Ocean Beach in San Francisco.
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Rainfall Makes the Ocean a Greater Carbon Sink

by Veronika Meduna 22 October 202414 November 2024

Rain has so far been ignored in calculations of the ocean’s capacity to take up carbon, but a new estimate shows it enhances the ocean sink by 5%–7%.

Wet city landscape
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Many of the World’s Cities Have Gotten Wetter

by Carolyn Wilke 17 October 202417 October 2024

Dense populations, aerosols, and cities’ tendency to raise temperatures contribute to higher levels of precipitation in urban areas than surrounding rural areas.

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California Wildfires and Weather Are Changing Erosion Patterns

by Rebecca Owen 17 October 202417 October 2024

Sediment runoff from the state’s increasingly severe wildfires and heavy rain events may affect ecosystems and water resources downstream.

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.

Drone footage of the aftermath of the landslide at Jhyaple Khola in Dhading, Nepal, which killed 35 people.
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The 26 to 28 September 2024 landslide disaster in Nepal

by Dave Petley 1 October 20241 October 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 26 to 28 September 2024, Nepal was struck by exceptional late monsoon rainfall, inducing landslides and flooding across a wide swathe of the country. The rescue operation is still ongoing, but […]

The Bushy Knoll landslide near to Tiniroto in Gisborne, New Zealand.
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Two large landslides in Gisborne, New Zealand

by Dave Petley 20 August 202420 August 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The Gisborne area of New Zealand was severely impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle in February 2023, an event that triggered many thousands of landslides in the area. One effect of such large events […]

Clouds against a blue sky
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A Folding Troposphere May Help Drive Cloud Formation

by Katherine Bourzac 15 August 202415 August 2024

Scientists have observed atmospheric particles forming where the stratosphere folds into the troposphere, a finding that may deepen understanding of precipitation and climate.

Google Earth image of the site of the 30 July 2024 Wayanad landslides in Kerala, India.
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The 30 July 2024 Wayanad landslides in Kerala, India

by Dave Petley 6 August 20246 August 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 30 July 2024, heavy rainfall triggered landslides in the Wayanad district of Kerala, India. At the time of writing, the confirmed loss of life has reached 392 people, with a further […]

The aftermath of the 28 July 2024 landslide at Yuelin in Hunan Province, China.
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The 28 July 2024 landslide at Yuelin village in Hunan Province, China

by Dave Petley 29 July 202429 July 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 28 July 2024, a landslide struck Yuelin village, located in the Hengyang administrative area of Hunan Province. The landslide was triggered by heavy rainfall induced by the remnants of Typhoon Gaemi, […]

The aftermath of the 13 July 2024 landslide in Ha Giang, Vietnam, which killed eleven people.
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Landslide problems on roads in Vietnam

by Dave Petley 16 July 202416 July 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 13 July 2024, a terrible landslide occurred on a road in the mountainous province of Ha Giang in Vietnam. A minibus travelling along a road in Bac Me District at 4 […]

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