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12 September 2012
The catastrophic loss of Arctic Sea Ice and its implications for landslides
The Arctic sea ice melt has been unprecedented this summer. This post explores the likely impications of this for mid-latitude weather, and thus for landslides.
25 January 2011
Science under attack – updated with Youtube links to the video
This post presents a brief review of a programme broadcast last night by the BBC about problems with public trust in science. Focusing primarily on climate change, and presented by the President of the Royal Society, the programme concluded that scientists need to be much more proactive in communicating with non-scientific audiences. There are two particularly interesting interviews with the climate change denier James Delingpole.
21 December 2010
Community-based landslide warning systems
This post features the development of community-based landslide warning systems in less developed countries, using an example by way of an illustration. There is also a short consideration of the current European and US weather in the context of climate change.
18 December 2009
AGU Day 4 – session on Scientists’ Communication on Critical Global Environmental Issues
I am going to split my AGU Day 4 report into two posts. This one will cover the session this morning on the communication of the science of environmental change, whilst the second post will cover the landslide sessions. The first session that I attended this morning was an excellent, experience-led examination of how to communicate environmental science to the public and to policy-makers. The central theme was, perhaps inevitably, …
AGU Day 4 – session on Scientists' Communication on Critical Global Environmental Issues
I am going to split my AGU Day 4 report into two posts. This one will cover the session this morning on the communication of the science of environmental change, whilst the second post will cover the landslide sessions. The first session that I attended this morning was an excellent, experience-led examination of how to communicate environmental science to the public and to policy-makers. The central theme was, perhaps inevitably, …
16 December 2009
AGU Day 2
NB: I have posted a review of the session on Scientists’ communication of critical global environmental change issues, in which both Michael Mann and Richard Alley spoke here:Communication of critical global environmental change issues There wasn’t much in the Natural Hazards area of interest to me on Day 1, so I decided not to blog yesterday. There was a little more today – and lots later in the week – …
13 December 2009
Statement from the UK Science Community on climate change
In the aftermath of the UEA email hack, the UK science community have issued a statement regarding climate change. This is hosted by the UK Met Office web site:http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climatechange/news/latest/uk-science-statement.html The statement, upon which I am proud to be listed, says: “We, members of the UK science community, have the utmost confidence in the observational evidence for global warming and the scientific basis for concluding that it is due primarily to …
28 November 2009
The link between rainfall intensity and global temperature
The aftermath of a landslide in Taiwan caused by very heavy rainfall One of the most interesting aspects of the global landslide database that we maintain at Durham is the way in which it has highlighted the importance of rainfall intensity in the triggering of fatal landslides. Generally speaking, to kill people a landslide needs to move quickly rapid, and rapid landslides appear to be primarily (but note not always) …
26 November 2009
The Copenhagen Diagnosis
As a rule on this blog I try not to drift too far off-topic. Occasionally I will track a hurricane or a typhoon if there is the potential for them to trigger lots of slides. I never stray into the political domain on this blog – and I hope that I never will. So, today for the probably the first time, I am going to drift into a different field. …
8 November 2009
Coastal erosion and climate change: Implications for the shoreline over the next century
On Friday I gave a public lecture at the Badbury Centre in North Yorkshire (NE England), looking at the potential impacts of climate change on coastal erosion. The presentation was focused on the field site that we maintain at Boulby, close to the lecture venue. In the presentation I start by looking at our landslide database and then go on to talk about climate change. The main part of the …
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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