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7 September 2016
Why maintaining forest roads is important – a large landslide triggered by a small culvert failure
Why maintaining forest roads is important – a large landslide triggered by a small culvert failure in the Six Rivers National Forest in California
9 June 2016
The response of Californian earthflows to drought
In a paper in Geophysical Research Letters, Georgie Bennett and colleagues have examined the response of Californian earthflows to the ongoing drought. They have found that the landslide have slowed markedly as conditions have become drier.
13 May 2016
New landslide videos from the last few days, including an impressive rockfall at Mont Granier
Two new landslide videos have appeared on Youtube, including an impressive rockfall last weekend on Mont Granier in the French Prealps and a smaller collapse at Swimmer’s Delight in California
1 April 2016
Landslides in Art Part 25: Richard Humphrey
This 25th edition of the Landslides in Art series features Morning at Bluff Cove by the Californian landscape artist Richard Humphrey
30 March 2016
Rockfall triggering on warm days in exfoliating landscapes
In a new paper in Nature Geoscience, Collins and Stock (2016) have shown that thermal expansion can be a key factor in rockfall triggering in Yosemite
3 February 2016
New landslide videos: Aconcagua (again), Muothatal and Pacifica
Three new landslide videos, including a debris flow from Aconcagua, an earthflow from Muothatal in Switzerland and coastal erosion in Pacifica
22 November 2015
Vasquez Canyon: a new landslide in Santa Clarita, California
In the last few days an interesting landslide has developed in Vasquez Canyon in California, destroying a road
18 October 2015
Videos and images of the mudflows in the Tehachapi Mountains, California
Extreme rainfall on Thursday triggered mudflows in the Tehachapi Mountains of California. A number of videos caught the events as they developed, and there are some excellent galleries of images of the aftermath.
23 September 2014
Joshua Tree mudslide, California – a very lucky escape for a baby
A baby had a very lucky escape when a mudslide struck the town of Joshua Tree in California last week, washing him away
21 February 2014
Emergency assessment of wildfire debris flow potential
The USGS has a new web-based tool for disseminating information about debris flow potential for areas affected by wildfires
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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