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10 November 2016
Planet Labs satellite image of the Lamplugh Glacier landslide
Planet Labs have collected a very high quality satellite image of the Lamplugh Glacier / Glacier Bay landslide in Alaska last June
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
17 July 2016
Glacier Bay Landslide in Alaska: a satellite image and new videos
A new satellite image and two new videos are available of the enormous Glacier Bay landslide in Alaska, which occurred a few weeks ago
3 July 2016
Lamplugh Glacier rock avalanche: A massive new landslide in Alaska on Tuesday
On Tuesday 28th June a 150 million tonne landslide, the Lamplugh Glacier rock avalanche, occurred in Alaska. This enormous landslide travelled 10 km across the ice.
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
12 April 2016
The 29th March 2016 Renfrew County landslide near to Ottawa, Canada
On 29th March 2016 the Renfrew County landslide occurred on the banks of the Bonnechere River near to Ottawa. This is a large (10 hectare) landslip.
11 April 2016
The Tyndall Glacier landslide: images from the University of Alaska Fairbanks
Chris Larsen from the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks has released a set of aerial images of last year’s Tyndall Glacier landslide and tsunami in Taan Fjord in Alaska. This was the largest historic landslide in North America.
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
29 February 2016
Elk City landslide: a very interesting video
On 18th February the Elk City landslide, a large rockslide, was captured on video by a transportation worker in Idaho, USA
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
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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