A new study indicates that rapid urbanization and deforestation also contributed to devastation caused by floods and landslides in 2024.
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Weather Extremes Influence Human Migration Between Mexico and the United States
Undocumented immigrants from agricultural areas in Mexico are most vulnerable to drought and seasonal weather patterns.
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Rainfall Makes the Ocean a Greater Carbon Sink
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%.
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Many of the World’s Cities Have Gotten Wetter
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
Sediment runoff from the state’s increasingly severe wildfires and heavy rain events may affect ecosystems and water resources downstream.
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Rancho Palos Verdes Landslides Have Residents Seeking Science
Residents of Rancho Palos Verdes are looking to the scientific community for help in understanding the slow-moving landslides that are destroying their community.
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The 26 to 28 September 2024 landslide disaster in Nepal
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 […]
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Two large landslides in Gisborne, New Zealand
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 […]
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A Folding Troposphere May Help Drive Cloud Formation
Scientists have observed atmospheric particles forming where the stratosphere folds into the troposphere, a finding that may deepen understanding of precipitation and climate.
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The 30 July 2024 Wayanad landslides in Kerala, India
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 […]