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14 October 2021
Large rock slope failures on the Southern Patagonian Icefield
Loyal reader HernĂ¡n De Angelis has very kindly highlighted two very interesting large rock slope failures on the Southern Patagonian Icefield (SPI) at Glacier Amalia.
3 September 2021
Landslides from the 14 August 2021 earthquake in Haiti
Landslides triggered by the 14 August 2021 earthquake in Haiti
2 August 2021
Melamchi – satellite images and helicopter videos start to explain the catastrophic floods in Nepal
Melamchi – satellite images and helicopter videos start to explain the catastrophic floods in Nepal in June 2021
23 July 2021
Benbrack: another peat landslide in Ireland
Benbrack: a large peat landslide in West Cavan in the Republic of Ireland, triggered by heavy rainfall on 4 July 2021
8 July 2021
Sullorsuaq, Greenland: a large landslide on 15 June 2021
On 15 June 2021 a large landslide occurred on the margin of the Sullorsuaq Strait in a remote are of western Greenland.
2 July 2021
The cause of the Melamchi disaster in Nepal
Satellite images collected by Planet Labs appear to confirm that a landslide dam was the cause of the 14 June 2021 Melamchi disaster in Nepal
28 June 2021
Kara-Keche: the September 2020 landslide in Kyrgyzstan
Kara-Keche: on 14 September 2020 a spectacular landslide was caught on video in a coal mining area of Kyrgyzstan
4 June 2021
The 31 May 2021 landslide at the Bingham Canyon mine
On 31 May 2021 a landslide occurred at the Bingham Canyon mine in Utah, USA. This failure was successfully anticipated through the application of geotechnical monitoring
29 March 2021
Yarlung Tsangpo: another giant, high mountain landslide on 22 March 2021
Another giant, high mountain landslide occurred on 22 March 2021, this time close to the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet. The estimated mass is around 100 million tonnes.
26 March 2021
Raoul Island: landslides from the 5 March 2021 M8.1 earthquake
Raoul Island: Under the auspices of @geonet, researchers from @gnsscience have mapped >300 landslides triggered by the 5 March 2021 M=8.1 earthquake
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