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On May 28 a huge chunk of a glacier in the southern Swiss Alps collapsed, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury most ...
Switzerland is a success story in predicting landslides— but more must be done to help the rest of the world prepare for ...
Similar to the uncertainties in earthquake science, we have limited understanding of what controls the behavior of landslides—why some move slowly and steadily, while others fail suddenly. In ...
Among the many wakeup calls humanity has gotten about the effects of climate change ... “We may expect similar signals to occur if a landslide should happen in a similarly shaped fjord or ...
At least 30 people have died in India’s northeast after relentless monsoon rains caused floods and landslides over the ...
The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...
Heavy rains and landslides in Northeast India have caused 34 deaths, displacing thousands and prompting urgent rescue operations.
At least four people have died and 17 remain missing after torrential rain triggered landslides in China's southwestern ...
How are China’s curbs on rare earths relevant to the UPSC exam? What significance do topics like landslides, Iran's uranium ...
That includes developing an early landslide warning system ... we aim to incorporate irregular particle shapes and wettability effects, further narrowing the gap between laboratory findings ...
Flooding and landslides caused by continuous rainfall ... reporters that officials are still collecting information on the effects of the flooding. "The government's priority right now is to ...