A watershed scientist explains why post-wildfire landscapes are so susceptible to landslides – and why those risks are poised to rise.
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In response to mudslides that have killed at least 20 people in Southern California, a geologist calls for more resources to study and map landslide hazards so residents can understand the risks.
The ocean floor off Australia’s east coast bears the scars of numerous subsea landslides, which have potentially triggered tsunamis over the past several millennia.
Mass graves are being dug for hundreds of those killed in a nation once more gripped by grief.
The threat of any tsunami following an earthquake can take time to assess, so it’s important people who live in risk zones are ready for any event.
Landslide researchers continue to learn more about how and where these events occur. It’s trickier to figure out how to minimize potential damage to human communities from future landslides.
Landslides happen everywhere and in different geological locations. This can be because of flooding, which allows sodden soil to move, or rockfalls and slower, continuous movements of land due to gravity…
Landslides don’t attract the same media attention as more familiar geological hazards such as earthquakes and volcanoes. And yet they can be just as disastrous and, in fact, 2014 has been a particularly…
Scientists have discovered the elixir to the world’s most renown mountains’ exceedingly long health: landslides and erosion…
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Vice Chancellor and Professor of Geography, University of Hull
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Associate Professor of Applied Geology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Coastal and Marine Science, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor of Earth Sciences and Zinsmeyer Early Career Chair in Marine Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, University of Washington
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Professor of Electronics, Second University of Naples
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Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology, University of Hertfordshire
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Professor of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
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Professor of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University
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PhD, University of Newcastle
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Senior lecturer, University of Sydney
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Full Professor in Anthropology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
