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Planet Labs image of the multiple landslides on Mount Hanang in Tanzania, triggered by heavy rainfall on 2-3 December 2023, draped onto the Google Earth DEM.
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Planet Labs imagery of the Mount Hanang debris flows in Tanzania

by Dave Petley 19 January 202419 January 2024

On 21 December 2023, Planet Labs captured imagery of the Mount Hanang debris flows in Tanzania, highlighting that many failures coalesced into channelised debris flows.

Planet Labs PlanetScope image of the impact of the 3-4 December 2023 landslide at Katesh in Tanzania.
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Katesh and Gendabi: the 2 – 3 December 2023 channelised debris flows in Tanzania

by Dave Petley 11 December 202313 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 2 – 3 December 2023, very heavy rainfall struck the Northern Manyara region in Tanzania in Africa, triggering damaging landslides. Worst affected appears to be the area of Mount Hanang, a […]

A man raises a red flag, signaling severe weather, on the shores of Lake Victoria.
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Forecasters Navigate a Highway to Success Around Lake Victoria

by Munyaradzi Makoni 13 May 20214 November 2022

An early-warning system establishes international networks to help communities manage severe weather on Africa’s largest lake.

Herd of wildebeests descends from a low cliff into a river.
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La Geología y la Química Impulsan la Migración Animal en el Serengueti

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 11 December 20206 September 2022

Trabajo de campo en Tanzania sugiere que la química del suelo—influenciada por el vulcanismo local y la actividad tectónica—podría ayudar a determinar la migración sin precedentes de más de un millón de ñus.

Herd of wildebeests descends from a low cliff into a river.
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Geology and Chemistry Drive Animal Migration in the Serengeti

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 27 May 20206 September 2022

Fieldwork in Tanzania suggests that soil chemistry—influenced by local volcanism and tectonic activity—might help dictate the record-setting migration of over a million wildebeests.

Mt. Kilimanjaro.
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Kilimanjaro's Iconic Snows Mapped in Three Dimensions

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 3 March 20177 February 2023

New ground-penetrating radar measurements reveal the thickness and total ice volume of the mountain's Northern Ice Field.

Helium bubbles through hot spring in Rift Valley, Tanzania.
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Tanzanian Volcanoes May Hoard Helium Ready for the Taking

Amy Coombs by A. Coombs 28 July 201623 February 2023

Sweet spots of volcanic heat that are not too close to active eruptions may hold the world's richest reservoirs of the scientifically and medically important gas helium.

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