Landslide News

Posted October 24, 2009:

• Sensing Disasters From Space: 'Earth Binoculars' See Our Planet Through An Astral Lens

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Combining Sun, Sand And Science In The Bahamas

Posted September 24, 2009:

• Rhododendron Expansion May Increase The Chance Of Landslides On Southern Appalachian Slopes

Posted July 31, 2009:

• Waste Water Treatment Plant Mud Used As 'Green' Fuel

Posted July 6, 2009:

• Disappearing Seagrass Threatening Future Of Coastal Ecosystems Globally

Posted June 24, 2009:

• Large 2009 Gulf Of Mexico 'Dead Zone' Predicted

Posted May 12, 2009:

• Wind, Salt And Water Are Leading Indicators Of Land Degradation In Abu Dhabi Desert Lands

Posted April 21, 2009:

• Caribbean At Risk Of Tsunami, Disaster Experts Warn

Posted April 12, 2009:

• Hispaniola Was A Tropical Cyclone 'Target' Five Times In 2008

Posted March 27, 2009:

• One Quarter Of The World’s Population Depends On Degrading Land

Posted March 12, 2009:

• Wenchuan Earthquake Mudslides Emit Greenhouse Gas

Posted March 5, 2009:

• Nutrient Pollution Chokes Marine And Freshwater Ecosystems

Posted February 11, 2009:

• Grass Strips Help Curb Erosion, Herbicide Transport

Posted February 2, 2009:

• New Liquefaction Hazard Maps Of Santa Clara Valley, Northern California

Posted January 25, 2009:

• More Accurate FEMA Flood Maps Could Help Avoid Significant Damages And Losses

Posted January 20, 2009:

• Earthquakes, El Ninos Fatal To Earliest Civilization In Americas

Posted December 29, 2008:

• How Healthy Are America's Coasts?

Posted November 21, 2008:

• Rock Avalanches And Landslides: Modeling When The Mountain Slides Down Into The Valley

Posted November 17, 2008:

• Forecasting Rain: Radars For Estimating Rainfall Rates

Posted October 28, 2008:

• Models Help Assess Biofuels' Sustainability

Posted October 2, 2008:

• Vegetation Hardly Affected By Extreme Flood Events: Impacts On Flora And Fauna Of The Elbe Flood Of 2002

Posted September 7, 2008:

• Major Flooding Risk Could Span Decades After Chinese Earthquake

Posted September 2, 2008:

• Thawing Permafrost Likely To Boost Global Warming, New Assessment Concludes

Posted July 31, 2008:

• Mud Pots Signal Possible Extension Of San Andreas Fault

Posted July 24, 2008:

• Predynastic Human Presence Discovered By Core Drilling At The Northern Nile Delta Coast, Egypt

Posted July 16, 2008:

• Dioxin Risk In Sewage-Sludge Used On Crops, Plant Tissue Grown On Contaminated Soil

Posted July 4, 2008:

• Lasers, Software And The Devil's Slide

Posted April 18, 2008:

• Millions Of Pounds Of Trash Found On Ocean Beaches

Posted April 3, 2008:

• Proximity To A Flood Zone Lowers Property Values

Posted February 22, 2008:

• Post-Katrina Rebuilding? Mississippi Delta Both Spongy And Stable

Posted January 30, 2008:

• When Accounting For The Global Nitrogen Budget, Don't Forget Fish

Posted December 6, 2007:

• Earth Observation Essential For Geohazard Mitigation

Posted November 22, 2007:

• Enormous Submarine Landslide 60,000 Years Ago Produced The Longest Flow Of Sand And Mud On Earth

Posted September 3, 2007:

• When The Levees Fail

Posted June 26, 2007:

• New Tool Determines Landslide Risk In Tropics

Posted February 26, 2007:

• Bacteria Could Steady Buildings Against Earthquakes

Posted November 7, 2006:

• Joining Forces To Predict Tsunamis: Pan-European Approach To Disaster Prevention

Posted September 12, 2006:

• Predicting An Answer To The Threat Of Flooding

Posted May 24, 2006:

• New Space Observations Poised To Save Lives From Floods, Landslides

Posted May 17, 2006:

• Researchers Assess Risks Associated With Living In Low-Lying Coastal Areas

Posted March 17, 2006:

• Chance Discovery: Alaska Range Glacier Surges

Posted November 22, 2005:

• Dragon Over Water: Envisat Monitors China's Largest Lake, Rivers Flooding

Posted October 24, 2005:

• Recent Landslides In La Conchita, California Belong To Much Larger Prehistoric Slide

Posted September 2, 2005:

• Chemicals Entering Coastal Waters: Freshwater And Saltwater Interactions In Coastal Groundwater

Posted April 3, 2005:

• Post-Tsunami Thailand Yields Lessons For Coastal Construction

Posted March 28, 2005:

• High Risk Of Major Tsunami In Northern Caribbean: Over 35 Million Could Be Affected

Posted January 23, 2005:

• Sinking Coastline May Precede Large Subduction Zone Quakes

Posted August 19, 2004:

• Canary Islands Landslides And Mega-Tsunamis: Should We Really Be Frightened?

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