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The landslide at Baildon in West Yorkshire.
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The Baildon landslide in West Yorkshire

by Dave Petley 28 March 202428 March 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 5 February 2024, a railway cutting failed on the edge of Baildon in West Yorkshire, England. As a consequence, the railway line, an important route linking towns across the region, was […]

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New insights into the ongoing landslide at St Lawrence on the Isle of Wight

by Dave Petley 13 March 202413 March 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 extraordinary spell of wet weather continues to have a major impact across the United Kingdom, with landslides occurring in many places. The rail network is being significantly disrupted by earthworks failures, […]

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Bonchurch: a very large landslide on the Isle of Wight

by Dave Petley 12 December 202312 December 2023

On 10 December 2023, a large landslide occurred at Bonchurch on the Isle of Wight in the south of England. 20 houses have been evacuated.

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Ardfern: a landslide that is causing a serious problem to a remote Scottish community

by Dave Petley 3 November 20233 November 2023

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The Guardian has run a story about the remote Scottish village of Ardfern, located on the Craignish peninsula in Argyll, and its travails as a result of a landslide triggered by heavy […]

An overhead view of an open pit mine
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Millions Likely Live in Areas Contaminated by Mining Runoff

by Nathaniel Scharping 1 November 20231 November 2023

Heavy metal contaminants from mining can live in ecosystems for centuries. A new global database shows where the problem is worst.

A blue and yellow electrical passenger train travels past green trees toward the viewer along one of two sets of parallel tracks.
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How Space Storms Miscue Train Signals

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 30 March 2023

Geomagnetic storms could significantly disrupt electrified train operations in the United Kingdom once every few decades, according to a new study.

Graphs showing examples of predicted extreme streamflow in catchments.
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Predicting Flood Conditions in the Next Few Years

by Valeriy Ivanov 7 February 20237 June 2023

Multiyear flood predictions are possible for watersheds in which the magnitude and frequency of flooding can be related to an atmospheric pressure see-saw in the North Atlantic region.

Map of the European Union and the United Kingdom, with a line drawn through the English Channel
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U.K.-Based Geoscientists Trapped in European Funding Impasse

by James Dacey 1 September 202221 March 2023

Political disputes threaten the United Kingdom’s status in Horizon Europe, the world’s largest transnational funding program.

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Crowdsourced Weather Projects Boost Climate Science Research

by Jennifer Schmidt 2 June 20222 March 2023

Historic observations, manually transcribed from handwritten records, are giving scientists a fresh glimpse into Victorian era climate.

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Charging Thunderclouds Affect Ionospheric Conductivity

by David Shultz 6 September 20196 March 2023

As thunderstorm updrafts strengthen, electrification of clouds can heat the lower ionosphere, explaining prolonged disturbances to radio waves in the rarefied atmospheric layer.

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