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Landslide risk in La Paz, Bolivia
22 January 2025 @ 8:15 am
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. AFP has posted a very good overview of the hazards posed by landslides in the capital city of Bolivia, La Paz (unfortunately it cannot be embedded). Located at a high elevation, characterised […]
A Seychelles Shoreline Resists the Rising Seas
21 January 2025 @ 2:52 pm
The geomorphology of a protected atoll likely contributed to its ability to maintain its shoreline over a turbulent half-century.
People Are Grieving Ecosystem Loss. How Can Public Land Managers Plan Accordingly?
20 January 2025 @ 2:09 pm
From hordes rushing into national parks to mourners holding glacier funerals, tourists wanting to take in threatened natural places may be shifting visitation patterns.
The looming threat of landslides in the wildfire damaged areas of Los Angeles County
20 January 2025 @ 7:26 am
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. As Los Angeles recovers from the dreadful wildfires that have destroyed parts of the county, awareness is growing of the potential threat from landslides. The touchstone for these concerns was an interesting […]
Deep Beneath California’s Sierra Nevada, Earth’s Lithosphere May Be Peeling Away
17 January 2025 @ 2:26 pm
Evidence for lithospheric foundering, or the process of denser material sinking into the mantle, is emerging.
CT Scans Show How Giant Hailstones Grow
17 January 2025 @ 2:26 pm
Dental office technology is giving scientists a peek inside giant hailstones.
A Planetary Perturbation Like No Other
16 January 2025 @ 2:07 pm
Scientists are tackling “the most profound questions about life itself” with complex computer modeling, billion-year-old bacteria, and old-fashioned fieldwork.
How Could Solar Climate Intervention Strategies Affect Agriculture?
16 January 2025 @ 2:07 pm
Geoengineering approaches such as stratospheric aerosol injection hold the promise of limiting warming, but among the many potential risks and concerns, their impacts on agriculture remain largely unexplored.
Slow But Powerful Fault Slip Can Simply Arise from Fluid Flow
15 January 2025 @ 2:00 pm
Cyclic changes of fluid pressure in fault zones can induce slow-slip events that advance in the direction of fluid flow, even when the faults are stable.
Beneath Greenland, Insights for Energy Transitions and Climate Models
15 January 2025 @ 1:55 pm
Emerging consensus on the structure and dynamics of Greenland’s lithosphere may help improve forecasts of climate and sea level change and develop solutions for sustainable resource use.