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6 September 2009
Oh dear, more scientific hyperbole about climate change and natural disasters
My Alma Mater, University College London, is this week hosting an interesting colloquium on the theme of “Climate Forcing of Geological and Geomorphological Hazards“. This is a really interesting topic and the organisers should be applauded for attracting some really interesting talks. If it wasn’t for the fact that I am heading out to Asia on Wednesday I would attend for sure. However, the Observer, which is the Sunday version …
6 March 2009
The role of landslides in global warming
A rather extraordinary paper has just been published in Geophysical Research Letters about landslides triggered by the Wenchuan (Sichuan) earthquake. Why is it extraordinary – well, let me quote from the abstract. The paper suggests that the landslides caused destruction of vegetation such that “the cumulative CO2 release to the atmosphere over the coming decades is comparable to that caused by hurricane Katrina 2005 (~105 Tg) and equivalent to ~2% …
9 January 2009
Future British seasonal precipitation extremes – implications for landslides
One of the great questions of the age is of course the ways in which climate change will affect the weather patterns that we are likely to see in the future. In the case of landslides the key issue is the ways in which precipitation patterns will alter, especially the most intensive rainfall events that are responsible for many of the most damaging landslides. One of the most significant steps …
16 November 2008
Article in the New Strait Times Malaysia
Shield your eyes from the photograph though… People pressure on land has a telling effect
3 November 2008
Malaysia talk
The following is my presentation at the International Symposium on Slopes in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is an invited paper on the topic of landslides in Asia in relation to climate change and other environmental pressures. I hope you find it of interest. The file should appear below: http://www.authorstream.com/player.swf?p=102769_633612995446250000Uploaded on authorSTREAM by Dr_Dave If you cannot see the file then click on the highlighted Dr_Dave link above. The full Powerpoint …
27 August 2008
The influence of the summer monsoon on fatal landslides in Asia
I am currently putting together a keynote paper for the forthcoming International Conference on Slopes, which is being held in Malaysia in November. I have been looking at the occurrence of fatal landslides in Asia, using the Durham Landslide Database as the source of data. I have plotted the number of fatal landslides by month for 2002-2007 for three areas – South Asia (i.e. the Indian subcontinent), East Asia (which …
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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