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13 August 2016
Freshwater: a nice landslide video from the Isle of Wight
Freshwater, Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Radio has a nice video, taken by a walker on the beach at Freshwater, of a cliff collapse event. The video was uploaded onto Facebook by Phil Baldwin, who was collecting fossils on the cliff face. ITV News has a nice report that provides more detail about what happened. Phil Baldwin has also uploaded some images of the aftermath of the landslide onto …
15 March 2016
Bonne Nuit, Jersey: a strange place to build a new Care Home?
A significant coastal cliff collapse event in Bonne Nuit in Jersey this weekend, triggered by storms, has threatened a new care home.
9 January 2016
The Farnley Haugh landslide in Northumberland, northern England
Farnley Haugh landslide in Northumberland, northern England has caused an indefinite closure of the railway line between Carlisle and Newcastle.
6 January 2016
Landslides in Art Part 24 – Mary Buckland
In the latest installment in the Landslides in Art Series, I examine the engravings of the Bindon landslide by Mary Buckland
5 January 2016
Abergeldie Castle: extreme riverbank erosion threatens a 16th Century castle in Scotland
In Scotland, extreme rainfall has induced riverbank erosion that has left the 16th Abergeldie Castle at risk of imminent collapse.
10 December 2015
Landslides triggered by Storm Desmond in the UK last weekend
Storm Desmond brought record-breaking rainfall to Cumbria and Scotland this weekend, causing extensive landsliding across a large area.
11 September 2015
Weare Cliffs in Dorset – rockfall video
In Dorset, Southern England a dramatic rock topple on the progressive landslide at Weare Cliffs has been captured on video by a local fisherman
8 September 2015
Portland: progressive failure at Weare Cliffs
In Dorset in southern England, a complex progressive landslide is developing on the Weare Cliffs on the Isle of Portland.
15 June 2015
Landslides in Art Part 22: Aberfan (7 pianos, percussion, voice and tools of rescue)
Laura Siersema, an American composer, has written a modern composition to mark the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster next year
4 February 2015
Harbury Tunnel landslide: an update from Network Rail
Yesterday Network Rail released more information, and some good images, of the Harbury Tunnel landslide in Central England. The images suggest a complex failure mechanism involving 350,000 tonnes of material
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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