Tag: landslide

Understanding how gold forms is crucial for knowing where to find it and how to extract it sustainably. McGill researchers have answered a long-standing question in geology that could lead to new ore discoveries. Researchers traveled to...
Earth system models (ESMs) help us understand climate and environmental changes. With advances in computing power, ESMs can now be run at kilometer-scale (k-scale) resolutions, capturing very fine details to better predict extreme weather and understand...

Dozens buried, three killed in southwest China landslide

Dozens of people were buried and three were confirmed killed when a landslide struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China on Monday. The...

Horrific moment mountain collapses in Colombia after heavy rain in landslide that killed at least 33 and injured many more

This is the horror moment a mountain collapses in Colombia after heavy rain, killing more than 30 and injuring dozens of others. The landslide occurred...

Seafloor video shows landslide was not source of 1918 Puerto Rico tsunami

Seafloor video collected by a remotely operated vehicle off the coast of Puerto Rico indicates that an underwater landslide was not the cause of...

Landslide risk remains long after an earthquake, according to satellite imagery study

Satellite observations have revealed that weak seismic ground shaking can trigger powerful landslide acceleration—even several years after a significant earthquake. These observations help paint a...

Mega-landslide in giant Utah copper mine may have triggered earthquakes

Landslides are one of the most hazardous aspects of our planet, causing billions of dollars in damage and thousands of deaths each year. Most...

A landslide near a glacier caused a tsunami. Was there a climate connection?

In 2020, seismologist Goran Ekström noticed a peculiar wiggle picked up on Nov. 28 by seismographs around the world. It emanated from a remote...

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