1 October 2021 06:48 in Monitoring by Dave Petley
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.
Tags: featured, INSAR, inventory, North America, slow-moving landslides, USA
5 February 2021 09:40 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
A Planet Labs high resolution satellite image of the Rat Creek Washout in the Big Sur, in California, showing the burnt areas in the catchment
Tags: california, featured, North America, Planet Labs, road, satellite, USA, washout
1 February 2021 08:30 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Rat Creek: a large post wildfire washout has been generated on State Highway 1 in the Big Sur in California
Tags: california, featured, mudflow, N. America, North America, USA, washout, wildfire
26 August 2020 07:29 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Yesterday Storm Francis triggered a large peat bog landslide at Slieveanorra in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Tags: Europe, featured, landslide report, Northern Ireland, peat, peat bog, United Kingdom
31 January 2020 08:47 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A new study (Lan et al 2020) explores whether planting trees increases slope stability. Spoiler alert: in general they do on lower angled slopes, but on steep slopes they can reduce stability.
Tags: deforestation, experiment, featured, forest, research, trees
4 January 2019 10:10 in landslide report by Dave Petley
2018 will be remembered as a year of extraordinary landslides. This is my list of the ten most important landslide events of 2018
Tags: featured, global, important, landslide impacts, landslides
5 December 2018 02:28 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Malibu – Planet Labs have captured remarkable before and after SkySat images of the first round of mudflows following the recent wildfires
Tags: california, featured, mudflow, Planet Labs, USA, wildfire
16 January 2018 08:11 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Last week significant debris flows struck the Montecito area of California, causing at least 20 fatalities. Planet Labs have now captured medium and high resolution images of the area affected.
Tags: california, debris flow, featured, fire, landslide report, planet, USA, wildfire
22 September 2016 06:30 in landslide images, landslide report by Dave Petley
The small town of Wye River in Australia, which was devastated by a forest fire in December 2015, is being affected by many rainfall triggered landslides
Tags: australia, climate change, featured, fire, forest fire, landslide report
13 August 2012 06:08 in landslide report, landslide video by Dave Petley
A remarkable new video of a series of mudflows in Virgen, Austria
Tags: Austria, debris flow, landslide report, landslide video, mudflow
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