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The March 22, 2014 SR530 landslide near Oso, Washington

New study of the 2014 Oso landslide

Geology Page - June 28, 2019

Himalaya

Minerals in mountain rivers tell the story of landslide activity upstream

Map of landslide

Deadly Indonesian tsunami was unleashed by landslide in Palu Bay, study suggests

Deposits from a landslide outside Pahrump, Nevada.

Nobody wins in a landslide

Photograph panorama looking over the devastation of the Kedarnath landslide, June 2013, Uttarakhand state, India.

Landslides triggered by human activity on the rise

New research predicts landslide boundaries two weeks before they happen

Geology Page - August 16, 2018

The Stanton Landslide (center middle distance) is over 800 meters across and has left an obvious scar in the hillside above the deposit.

Landslide modeling after Kaikoura Quake provides data to first responders

Geology Page - March 26, 2018

Schematic evolution of retrogressive slope failure due to overpressured gas below the gas haydrate stability zone (GHSZ)

Stable gas hydrates can trigger landslides

Geology Page - February 22, 2018

This image from NASA's Mars Curiosity rover shows the Amargosa Valley, on the slopes leading up to Mount Sharp on Mars

Ice shapes the landslide landscape on Mars

Geology Page - November 22, 2017

Changing climate to bring more landslides on logged land

Geology Page - November 9, 2017

Can satellites be used as an early warning system for landslides?

Geology Page - July 3, 2017

Distant earthquakes can cause underwater landslides

Geology Page - June 28, 2017

Earthquake in Greenland triggers fatal landslide-induced tsunami

Geology Page - June 26, 2017

Engineers shine light on deadly landslide

Geology Page - April 26, 2017

Hard rocks from Himalaya raise flood risk for millions

Geology Page - April 26, 2017

Why is South America being hit by deadly landslides?

Geology Page - April 5, 2017

Largest undersea landslide revealed on the Great Barrier Reef

Geology Page - February 8, 2017

Researchers map New Zealand landslides with satellites, drones, helicopters, hiking boots

Geology Page - December 13, 2016

Climate change to have ‘little effect’ on common landslides

Geology Page - October 7, 2016

Quest to find the ‘missing physics’ at play in landslides

Geology Page - September 8, 2016

Massive landslide detected in Glacier Bay’s fragile mountains

Geology Page - July 5, 2016

Slowing of landslide flows reflects California’s drying climate

Geology Page - June 2, 2016

How a huge landslide shaped Zion National Park

Geology Page - May 27, 2016

New landslide research could save lives

Geology Page - May 19, 2016

New model makes landslides and slope failures easier to predict

Geology Page - May 9, 2016

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Glacier changes at the top of the world

May 27, 2015

Doctoral students Daniel Miller, in the water, with Helen Habicht and Benjamin Keisling, handle two recaptured sediment traps from an unusually deep lake in central Maine, where they collected 136 sediment samples spanning the 900-year time span to reconstruct the longest and highest-resolution climate record for the Northeastern United States to date.

Geoscientists reconstruct ‘eye-opening’ 900-year Northeastern U.S. climate record

January 14, 2019

Top: A medaka fish with normal dorsal and paired pectoral/pelvic fins. Bottom: When the ZRS and sZRS enhancers are knocked out, the fins do not develop normally.

Genetic analysis uncovers the evolutionary origin of vertebrate limbs

March 24, 2018

Geophysicists find the crusty culprits behind sudden tectonic plate movements

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