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11 February 2020
A seismic analysis of the 23 July 2019 Shuicheng landslide in China
A seismic analysis of the 23 July 2019 Shuicheng landslide in China, which killed 51 people, has provided a detailed understanding of the failure process
3 February 2020
Gongo Soco mine: Planet Labs images of the movement of the rock wall
Recent Planet Labs images capture the ongoing deformation of the rock wall above the Sul Superior Dam at the Gongo Soco mine in Brazil
15 January 2020
Major landslides caused by agricultural irrigation in Peru
A new study published in Nature Geoscience (Lacroix et al. 2020) uses satellite data to show that agricultural irrigation is driving landslides on river bluffs in southern Peru
13 January 2020
Burundi: Planet Labs and Sentinel images of the 4 December 2019 landslide disaster
Planet Labs and Sentinel images of the 4 December 2019 landslide disaster in the hills around Nyempundu, in Mugina commune in Cibitoke, Burundi
8 January 2020
Bududa, Uganda: Planet Labs images of the landslides in December that killed more than 50 people
Planet Labs have captured a good set of satellite images showing the 3 December 2019 Bududa landslides in Uganda, which killed about 50 people
5 December 2019
The Blackhawk rock avalanche – insights from imagery
Regular correspondent funkenbeachin has used ESA Sentinel multispectral satellite data to facilitate analysis of the Blackhawk rock avalanche
30 September 2019
Kerala – satellite images of the landslides from the summer monsoon
As the 2019 summer monsoon draws to a close, Planet Labs are starting to collect cloud free images of the devastating landslides in Kerala, India
25 July 2019
The site of the Pingdi landslide, in Shiucheng County, China
Planet Labs satellite images suggest that the road across the Pingdi landslide in China, which killed about 45 people this week, was widened with cut slopes in the months before the failure
7 May 2019
Bajo Llojeta landslide: a high resolution Planet Labs SkySat image
Planet Labs have captured a high resolution SkySat image of the Bajo Llojeta landslide in La Paz, Bolivia, which destroyed 68 houses last week.
21 March 2019
Planet Labs imagery of landslides in Chimanimani National Park, Zimbabwe, triggered by Cyclone Idai
Yesterday Planet Labs captured high resolution satellite imagery of some of the landslides triggered by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani National Park, Zimbabwe
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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