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25 October 2022
The Las Tejerías landslide disaster: Planet Labs imagery of the source of the flows
The Las Tejerías landslide disaster: Planet Labs imagery of the source of the flows shows multiple shallow slips
18 October 2022
Las Tejerías: landslides in the upstream catchment
The Las Tejerías landslide disaster: helicopter footage shows multiple landslides in the catchment upstream of the town.
12 October 2022
Las Tejerías: Planet Labs imagery starts to clarify the sequence of events
Las Tejerías: Planet Labs images have captured the aftermath of the landslide, which came down the channel from the north.
15 August 2018
Amazon pirating water from neighboring Rio Orinoco
The Amazon River is slowly stealing a 40,000-square-kilometer (25,000-square-mile) drainage basin from the upper Orinoco River, according to new research suggesting this may not be the first time the world’s largest river has expanded its territory by poaching from a neighbor. The rare conjunction could help researchers understand how river systems evolve and how the Amazon Basin grew to dominate the South American continent.
