Landslides News
April 26, 2024
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Mar. 27, 2024 If rivers overflow their banks, the consequences can be devastating -- just like the catastrophic floods in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate of 2021 showed. In order to limit flood damage and optimize flood risk assessment, we need to ...
Feb. 21, 2024 Researchers have devised a way to remotely detect large landslides within minutes of occurrence and to quickly determine whether they are close to open water and present a tsunami ...
Nov. 15, 2023 Clearing mangroves to stop estuaries getting clogged with mud actually makes the problem worse, new research ...
Sep. 13, 2023 Most coastal communities will encounter '100-year floods' annually by the end of the century, even under a moderate scenario where carbon dioxide emissions peak by 2040, according to a new study. And as early as 2050, regions worldwide could ...
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Mar. 14, 2024 The period that liquid water was present on the surface of Mars may have been shorter than previously thought. Channel landforms called gullies, previously thought to be formed exclusively by liquid ...
Nov. 7, 2023 New maps of more than 1,000 deep-seated landslides in the Puget Lowlands of Washington State provide evidence of the last major earthquake along the Seattle Fault about 1,100 years ago -- and may ...
Aug. 10, 2023 Terrestrial carbon sinks can mitigate the greenhouse effect. Researchers pooled various data sources and found that European carbon storage takes place mainly in surface biomass in East Europe. ...
Aug. 8, 2023 As climate change progresses, rising temperatures may impact nitrogen runoff from land to lakes and streams more than projected increases in total and extreme precipitation for most of the ...
July 18, 2023 Researchers find large methane emissions: 'Do not flood low-lying areas with freshwater'. Their studies find that freshwater lakes emit much more ...
July 17, 2023 Scientists once assumed that flooding and mudslides after wildfires were linked to the waxy coating that builds up on charred soil, preventing water ...
July 12, 2023 A groundbreaking study reveals the critical yet severely understudied factor of salinity changes in ocean and coastlines caused by climate ...
June 28, 2023 Many factors influence where a landslide will occur, including the shape of the terrain, its slope and drainage areas, the material properties of soil and bedrock, and environmental conditions like ...
Apr. 17, 2023 The high seas have been colonized by a surprising number of coastal marine invertebrate species, which can now survive and reproduce in the open ocean, contributing strongly to the floating community ...
Apr. 12, 2023 Soil stores more carbon than plants and the atmosphere combined, and soil microbes are largely responsible for putting it there. However, the ...
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Feb. 22, 2024 If storms become stronger in the future due to climate change, more nitrogen may be released from the bottom of coastal ...
Mar. 28, 2023 The world's salty, tidal marshes are hotspots of carbon storage and productivity, building up sediments and plant material to stay above sea level. However, as sea level rises at an increasing ...
Mar. 15, 2023 In the U.S., we may often think of landslides as primarily a West Coast problem, mostly plaguing the mountainous terrain of California, Oregon, and Washington. New research highlights the major ...
Mar. 6, 2023 Scientists reveal new information about the role humans have played in large-scale land loss in the Mississippi River Delta -- crucial information in determining solutions to the ...
Mar. 1, 2023 Submarine landslides have a large tsunami potential and occurred on the central Norwegian shelf more frequently in the past than previously thought. Scientists investigate the Nyegga landslide off ...
Jan. 18, 2023 Las Vegas, with its rapid urbanization and desert landscape, is highly vulnerable to flooding. For this reason, flood managers have built an extensive system of drainage ditches and detention basins ...
Jan. 18, 2023 A new modelling study shows that the Seychelles and other islands in the western Indian Ocean are not responsible for most of the plastic waste that accumulates on their beaches. Indonesia, India, ...
Dec. 1, 2022 Supporters of the large-scale Mississippi River sediment diversions currently being planned by the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority got a boost to their case recently when ...
Nov. 30, 2022 Satellite observations have revealed that weak seismic ground shaking can trigger powerful landslide acceleration -- even several years after a significant ...
Nov. 21, 2022 Scientists have found a new and better way to use remote sensing to understand where coastal dead zones are and predict ...
Nov. 11, 2022 On March 11, 2011, multiple catastrophes in Japan were triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake, including the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. This event, also ...
Nov. 7, 2022 Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate slides beneath another, produce the most devastating seismic, volcanic, and landslide hazards on the planet. A new report presents an ambitious plan to make ...
Nov. 1, 2022 A devastating fire followed by an intense rainstorm triggered mudslides in Southern California in 2018 that claimed 23 lives. New findings elucidate the physics behind the deadly disaster that may ...
Oct. 13, 2022 Rapidly evolving floods are a major and growing hazard worldwide. Currently, their onset and evolution is hard to identify using existing systems. However, seismic sensors already in place to detect ...
Oct. 12, 2022 Researchers recently published a study looking at land use changes from the past and the importance of taking factors such as socio-economic development and the dynamic nature of coastal environments ...
Oct. 12, 2022 A new large-scale analysis of hillslope connectivity at the continental scale was recently published. The study gives new understanding of mechanisms that determine how effectively hillslopes drive ...
Sep. 29, 2022 Landslides are inevitable, but landslide disasters are not. With this in mind, the U.S. Geological Survey has released a new report that details the strategic actions necessary to equitably reduce ...
Aug. 29, 2022 University of Cincinnati geologists reconstructed a massive landslide in Nevada that wiped out an area the size of a small city more than 5 million years ago. Researchers pieced together details of ...
Aug. 2, 2022 With record temperatures this summer along with dry conditions, ongoing concerns about food security, wildlife habitats and biodiversity, having a healthy soil system is more vital and challenging ...
July 28, 2022 The catastrophic debris flow that affected Montecito, Calif., in early January, 2018 was the result of a rare confluence of severe events. The Thomas Fire had been raging for weeks in Ventura and ...
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- A Changing Flood Recipe for Las Vegas
- Most Plastic Debris on Seychelles Beaches Comes from Far-Off Sources
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- Under Pressure: Rethinking Coastal Land Use and Adaptation Strategies
- Report Shows Tectonics to Be Main Driver of Hillslope 'connectivity'
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- Mangrove and Reef Restoration Yield Positive Returns on Investment for Flood Protection, Study Shows
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- Rivers Play Key Role in Destructive Coastal Flooding, New Research Shows
- Earthquakes and Extreme Rainfall Lead to a Significant Increase in the Rates of Landslides in Nepal
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- The Driving Force Behind Tropical Mudslides
- Global Study of Glacier Debris Shows Impact on Melt Rate
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
- What Causes Pools Below Waterfalls to Periodically Fill With Sediment?
- Groundwater Monitoring With Seismic Instruments