landslides

The Biggest Landslides on Earth Caused by Very Tiny Organisms

The Biggest Landslides on Earth Caused by Very Tiny Organisms The biggest landslides on Earth aren't on land, but o…

Study Identifies California Cliffs at Risk of Collapse

Drone captures a cliff in Pacifica, California, as it crumbles under an apartment complex. Danger -- Unstable Cliffs -…

Why is Colombia being hit by deadly landslides?

Aerial view of the extensive damage caused by mudslides as a result of heavy rains, It starts with torrential rain in …

How a huge landslide shaped Zion National Park

A computer-simulated time sequence of the gargantuan Sentinel landslide in Zion Canyon 4,8000 years ago is shown here. Th…

New Model Makes Landslides and Slope Failures Easier to Predict

Potentially hazardous slopes and landslides can be identified better in future. Credit: Shutterstock/Arnon Polin Th…

Great Barrier Reef protecting against landslides, tsunamis

Landslide distribution and geomorphology. The world-famous Australian reef is providing an effective barrier against …

Historic 2013 Colorado Front Range storm accomplished up to 1,000 years of erosion

Colorado Front Range The historic September 2013 storm that triggered widespread flooding across Colorado's Front R…

Self-healing landscape: Landslides after earthquake

Ongoing debris fall mobilizing rock and dust from a landslide deposit due to the 2015 Gorkha In mountainous regions e…

Large Landslides lie low: Himalaya-Karakoram ranges

Large landslides are an important process of erosion in the Himalaya-Karakoram ranges (HKR). These high-relief landsc…

New significant threat in Nepal for the next months

Map of landslide and landslide dam hazard potential. Credit: Marin Clark, Nathan Niemi and Sean Gallen The threat…

A Complex Landscape Has Both Vulnerabilities And Resilience to Climate Change

HOUGHTON, Mich. (April 8, 2015): Central Appalachian forests have been experiencing the effects of a changing climate…

Geologists urge preparation for landslides

As the anniversary of the most fatal landslide in the history of the continental United States approaches, we are remind…

Prehistoric landslide discovery rivals largest known on surface of Earth

The Markagunt gravity slide, the size of three Ohio counties, is one of the two largest known continental landslides (lar…

Landslide risks in Pacific Northwest US high

The new, non-subjective technology, created by researchers at Oregon State University and George Mason University, c…