A small dog, a Jack Russell Terrier, had a lucky escape when it was rescued three days after being caught in a rockfall in North Yorkshire

A war of words has broken out over the landslide at Knipe Point in North Yorkshire, centred on whether an alleged leaking pipe is to blame. The residents have a consultant’s report suggesting that this is the case; Yorkshire Water and McCain’s take a different view

Staithes: an interesting place to pitch a tent for the weekend. A couple and their child pitched their tent on the top of a landslide block

High resolution monitoring of a natural rock slope in the southern Japanese Alps has provided insight into the complexity of the timing of rockfalls

A review of our new paper (Brain et al 2014) that examines the role of fatigue in rockfall generation

The first two days of landslides at the AGU Fall Meeting 2013

The BGS have posted an article about increased occurrence of British landslides recently. There is an interesting spatial relationshipwith Met Office rainfall data.

Heavy rainfall falling onto saturated ground across the UK is triggering more landslides today

A damaging landslide in Whitby, England triggered by recent heavy rainfall. A row of cottages will be demolished today.

We are running a free workshop on erosion on 19th March 2010 in North Yorkshire, UK. Details in the flyer below, together with contact details (click on the image for a better view in a new window). Please do register to come along!