Joshimath: a new InSAR analysis sheds light on active deformation over the last few months and the last few weeks

Joshimath: InSAR data published yesterday by the ISRO has started to reveal the scale of the landslide issue in northern India.

CGG Minerals and Mining has posted provisional but fascinating InSAR data for the site of the Jagersfontein Tailings Storage Facility failure

A new paper in the journal Landslides presents a new inventory of slow-moving landslides for the Pacific Northwest, derived from InSAR. 617 active landslides that had not previously been identified were mapped.

Shuicheng County in Guizhou Province in China: InSAR as a wide area landslide detection tool

Late in November the Geological Survey of Norway launched InSARNORWAY, a new national level deformation map for the whole of the country

In a new paper in Engineering Geology, Carla et al (2018) demonstrate how a combination of ground-based radar and INSAR could have been used to predict a major landslide in a copper mine

At Joshmath in India, 863 buildings are now showing signs of distress, of which 181 are considered to be unsafe.

There are clear indications of continued development of the landslide at Joshimath, with damage now reported for 849 buildings

Issues with the landslides in the town of Joshimath in India continue. There is much speculation as to the causes, which are likely to be complex.