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Giant landslides in the Vaigat strait in Greenland

by Dave Petley 21 December 202321 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. A fascinating and important open access paper has just been published in the journal Geology (Svennevig et al. 2023) that seeks to understand the generation of tsunami waves in high latitude fjord […]

A seismic profile line through Kolumbo volcano, showing the volcanic cone, the landslide deposit and the shear plane. Image from Karstens et al. (2023).
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A landslide triggered the 1650 tsunamigenic eruption of Kolumbo in the Aegean Sea

by Dave Petley 27 October 202327 October 2023

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In 1650, a destructive tsunami occurred in the Aegean Sea, which is an embayment of the Mediterranean sea, located between the modern Greece to the west and Turkey to the east. There […]

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Paleostorm Chasers Test a New Detection Tool

by Erin Martin-Jones 20 September 202320 September 2023

A method typically used to date sediments shows promise for documenting tropical storms through history—information needed for future projections of storm activity.

Steep cliffs of Santorini, Greece
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Decoding an Ancient Tsunami from the Ground Up

by Mackenzie White 7 September 20237 September 2023

The seafloor around Santorini is helping scientists investigate forces behind the devastating Minoan tsunami.

Bretwood “Hig” Higman stands on a landslide hummock on the shore of Taan Fjord. In 2015, the landslide visible in the background triggered a 193-meter (633-foot) tsunami in the area.
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Hig Higman: Trekking Across the Last Frontier on the Hunt for Geohazards

by J. Besl 25 July 202325 July 2023

Higman specializes in human-powered research expeditions in Alaska’s epic landscape.

Aerial image of the 1952 landslide showing the debris path that leads into the ocean
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A 1952 Landslide Hints at Early Permafrost Thaw in the Arctic

by Andrew Chapman 22 March 20234 April 2023

Scientists took a deeper look at a 70-year-old slide and found that climate change likely set the stage for the disaster.

Satellite image of Earth showing the atmospheric plume blanketing the Pacific after the underwater eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai
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Social Media Posts Reveal Human Responses to Deadly Tongan Eruption

by Erin Martin-Jones 14 December 202214 December 2022

Quantifying human responses to natural disasters could improve preparation for future threats, scientists say.

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Making Underwater Cables SMART with Sensors

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 12 December 202212 December 2022

Future cables that stretch across the ocean, transmitting cat videos and financial transactions, could also contain temperature, pressure, and seismic sensors that would allow scientists to spy on the seafloor.

Four CubeSats close together in orbit above Earth.
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Looking to the Sky for Better Tsunami Warnings

by Shin-Chan Han, Simon McClusky, T. Dylan Mikesell, Paul Tregoning and Jeanne Sauber 4 November 202230 November 2022

Pairing navigation satellites and CubeSats could provide earlier, more accurate warnings of approaching tsunamis and other impacts of extreme events.

Maps of study region and graphs from the paper.
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Under Pressure: Recording Earthquakes at and Below the Seafloor

by Sergei Lebedev 27 October 202230 November 2022

Cabled ocean-floor observatories record ground shaking and pressure variations, which contribute to early warning systems and give us a unique view of the ocean–crust coupling.

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