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23 March 2023
Planet animations of a paraglacial landslide on a tributary of the Klutlan Glacier in Alaska
Loyal reader Hig has produced a Planet animation of a paraglacial landslide on a tributary of the Klutlan Glacier in Alaska
23 September 2022
The 17 September 2022 rock avalanche at Lamplugh Glacier in Alaska
On 17 September 2022 a large rock avalanche developed from the collapse of a rock slope at Lamplugh Glacier in Alaska
22 March 2022
Scud Glacier: images of the 2020 rock avalanche in British Columbia
Scud Glacier: aerial images of the 2020 rock avalanche in British Columbia in Canada.
1 November 2021
A large landslide or glacial lake outburst in the headwaters of the Kameng River in Northern India?
The Discovering Arunachal blog reports that the Kameng River in N. India suffered a major sediment event on 29 October. The cause is unclear, but Planet Labs images confirm that a major erosion and deposition event occurred.
7 February 2021
Chamoli: the catastrophic flood was caused by a landslide
Chamoli: what do we know about the catastrophic flood that occurred in Uttarakhand in northern India this morning?
25 January 2021
Increasing occurrence of large glacier-related landslides in high mountain areas
Large glacier-related landslides in high mountain areas are increasing with time, according to a new study (Liu et al. 2021)
16 December 2020
Bute Inlet: a very long runout proglacial landslide in Canada
A massive rockslope failure and 13 km long debris flow near to Bute Inlet in British Columbia, Canada in late November
19 May 2020
A long run out landslide from Yudi Peak in Alaska
Helicopter company Alpine Air Alaska has posted to Facebook stunning images and a video of a long run out landslide from Yudi Peak in Alaska
25 November 2018
Planet Labs SkySat image of the Yarlung Tsangpo valley-blocking landslide
Planet Labs have captured a high resolution Skysat image of the remains of the valley-blocking Yarlung Tsangpo landslide in Tibet
5 November 2018
Another major glacial debris flow blocked the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet
Following initial analysis by @rajfortyseven, Planet Labs images show that another major glacial landslide blocked the Yarlung Tsangpo river last week
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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