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4 November 2016
Landslides from the Norcia earthquake sequence in Italy
Salvatore Martino has kindly provided an update on landslides triggered by the M=6.5 Norcia earthquake in Italy this weekend
1 November 2016
Another novel way to manage rockfall hazard: blasting the slope with gunfire from a tank
Authorities in Switzerland have hit upon a novel way to manage rockfall hazard by blasting it with heavy gunfire from a tank
26 October 2016
Leaving the University of East Anglia
Today is my last day at the University of East Anglia before I take up my new role at the University of Sheffield next week
20 October 2016
The Aberfan tragedy – what happened next?
Events after the Aberfan tragedy are remarkable. The Tribunal robustly criticised the National Coal Board for their behaviour during the proceedings, but they still extracted £150,000 from the disaster fund to clean up their own mess
19 October 2016
Aberfan: The National Coal Board failures part 2
The official Tribunal for the Aberfan disaster strongly criticised the National Board for their failure to manage water in the spoil tip that failed
18 October 2016
Aberfan: the National Coal Board failures part 1
The tribunal into the Aberfan disaster robustly criticised the National Coal Board for their failure to learn from a number of previous significant landslides in spoil heaps, including some at Aberfan itself
17 October 2016
The Aberfan Disaster: a simple guide to what happened
A simple guide to what happened on the day of the Aberfan disaster, which killed 144 people, most of them children, 50 years ago this week
14 October 2016
Aletsch landslide: significant acceleration of movement
The movement rate of the Aletsch landslide in Switzerland has increased significantly in the last few days, and is now about 80 cm per day
7 October 2016
Landslides in Art Part 28: Cantata Memoria – in memory of the Aberfan Disaster
Cantata Memoria is a musical composition by Karl Jenkins, released today, in memory of the October 1966 Aberfan landslide disaster in South Wales,
5 October 2016
Aletsch: a major developing post-glacial rockslide
A major post-glacial rockslide is developing on the flanks of the Moosfluh above the Aletsch Glacier in Canton du Valais in Swizerland
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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