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
24 September 2018 07:05 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In the aftermath of the Cebu landslide in the Philippines, which killed about 90 people, there is now a discussion as to whether mining should be banned
Tags: features, mining, philippines, quarrying, SE. Asia
22 August 2018 06:11 in landslide images by Dave Petley
Planet Labs have collected high resolution satellite imagery showing the track and impact of the debris flow that struck the village of Pashgor in Afghanistan in July 2018
Tags: Afghanistan, Central Asia, featured, glacial, glacier, Planet Labs, satellite
5 July 2018 07:40 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Imagery from Planet Labs shows the sequence of events during the tailings dam failure at the Cadia Gold Mine in Australia in March 2018.
Tags: australia, featured, mine, mining, Planet Labs, tailings
14 March 2018 08:45 in Earthquake-induced landslide, Planet Labs by Dave Petley
New satellite images from Planet Labs corroborate the newspaper reports of significant landslide disasters occurring in the aftermath of the Papua New Guinea Earthquake
Tags: earthquake, featured, Papua New Guinea, planet, Planet Labs, satellite
12 March 2018 08:20 in Tailings by Dave Petley
On Friday a significant tailings dam failure occurred at the Cadia gold mine in Australia, causing production to be stopped. Fortunately, to date no release of tailings beyond the boundaries of the mine has occurred.
Tags: Austrlia, featured, mine, mining, tailings, waste
18 May 2017 06:35 in landslide images by Dave Petley
This is the first edition of an occasional series on landslides that make you gasp, featuring the Yallourn coal mine landslide in Australia in 2007.
Tags: australia, coal mine, featured, mining, rotational landslide
8 November 2016 08:21 in Coast by Dave Petley
A new study published in PNAS has examined the long term retreat rate of chalk coastal cliffs in S. England, finding that the erosion rate has increased by an order of magnitude in modern times
Tags: cliffs, coast, coastal, england, Europe, featured, UK
26 June 2016 08:17 in Art by Dave Petley
Robyn Collier, an artist from New South Wales in Australia, has painted The Landslide, a beautiful image of a rockfall scar in the Blue Mountains
Tags: art, australia, featured, rockfall
6 November 2015 09:00 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Yesterday a catastrophic tailings dam failure led to mudflows that swept through the town of Bento Rodrigues in Brazil. At least 15 people were killed.
Tags: brazil, featured, mining, South America, tailings
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