Officials now have access to a suite of models they can use to head off damage to critical infrastructure.
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Nottingham Trent University and the University of Hull
Later this year I’ll leave the University of Hull to take up the role of Vice-Chancellor and President at Nottingham Trent University. Nottingham Trent University has about 40,000 students and staff spanning five university sites. It is the fifth largest university in terms of enrolled students in the UK. In recent years it has enjoyed […]
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Survey from Trump Administration Asks Researchers Abroad About Involvement in DEI, Environmental Justice, and Climate Projects
Various U.S. federal agencies sent a 36-point survey to researchers abroad who receive U.S. funding, asking questions related to the Trump administration’s priorities. The questions cover topics such as “eradicating anti-Christian bias” and defending against “gender ideology,” and asked researchers to disclose ties to “entities associated with communist, socialist or totalitarian parties.”
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The 7 March 2025 rockfall in Ventnor, Isle of Wight
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At 22:55 local time on 7 March 2025, a significant rockfall occurred on Belgrave Road in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight in southern England. Whilst the event was not large in […]
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The growing landslide threat to the Snake Pass in northern England
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. BBC News ran an item yesterday about the Snake Pass, the major road that links the two major northern English cities of Manchester and Sheffield. The Snake Pass is a beautiful highway, […]
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The disruptive landslide at Cradley Heath in Birmingham, UK
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. A number of UK news sources (e.g. the BBC) have featured an ongoing, highly disruptive landslide on a new build housing estate in Cradley Heath in Birmingham, England. This is a sad […]
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The 1 January 2025 embankment failure on the Bridgewater Canal at Dunham Massey
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 1 January 2025, a major embankment failure occurred on the Bridgewater Canal close Dunham Massey in NW England. The local newspaper, Altrincham Today, has a nice article about this event and […]
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A new coal waste landslide at Cwmtillery in South Wales
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In Wales, Storm Bert brought extremely heavy rainfall over the weekend, triggering extensive flooding and a number of landslides. The most serious failure appears to have occurred at Cwmtillery in Blaenau Gwent, […]
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From Sandstone Basin to Stonehenge Altar
New research unearths the Scottish origin of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone and its 750-kilometer journey to Salisbury Plain.
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The 1916 coal waste landslide at Pentre in South Wales
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Recently, I stumbled across a small gallery of images on the Our Heritage site of Rhondda Cynon Taf that show a major coal waste landslide that struck the South Wales village of […]