Last week a dramatic rockfall occurred at Tramin in Italy, which involved a large boulder demolishing a 300 year old barn. It was a very lucky escape for the occupants of the adjoining house

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority will today start the process of demolishing the houses in the Port Hills that have been affected by, or are threatened by, rockfalls

New videos have appeared on Youtube over the last 24 hours of a large, dramatic rock cliff collapse at Rock-A-Nore near Hastings in East Sussex, England

More information is now available about the fatal Rockville rockfall on Thursday. A Utah Geological Survey report in 2010 identified the high level of hazard associated with this cliff, and recommended that a more detailed hazard assessment was needed.

The fatal Utah rockfall yesterday highlights the importance of using geomorphic evidence to highlight dangerous locations below steep slopes

Three men who destroyed a natural rock formation in Goblin Valley State Park, Utah justified their act of vandalism as rockfall protection. It was not.

I have spent the last few days New South Wales in Australia courtesy of the University of Newcastle.  This has been a great experience in a very interesting and picturesque city located by the sea.  The region is blessed with beautiful beaches, but there are also some cliffs that are actively eroding.  One prominent feature in Newcastle is known as Nobbys Head, an interesting former small island, now linked to …

A video of rockslides from the 2nd June 2013 M=6.2 earthquake in Taiwan

A post providing a spectaular example of columnar jointing from Iceland, examining the role that joints play in rockfalls

James Reynolds has collected a remarkable video of rockfall activity on Paluweh volcano in Indonesia as seismic events shake the lava dome