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Automating the Detection of Landslides
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Automating the Detection of Landslides

New open-source software called SLIP-DRIP uses satellite images and rainfall data to help identify otherwise overlooked landslides.

Published Jul 8, 2016

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Citizen Scientists Find Undocumented Landslides
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Citizen Scientists Find Undocumented Landslides

A new NASA project improves landslide inventories with data from the public.

Published Jul 11, 2019

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Overlooked Landslides
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Overlooked Landslides

In parts of Africa and South America, landslides are happening even if you rarely hear of them.

Published Apr 6, 2017

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A Global View of Landslide Susceptibility
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A Global View of Landslide Susceptibility

Steep slopes, roads, underlying geology, and forest loss can all make landslides more likely.

Published Mar 30, 2017

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Satellite Spots Massive Tonzang Landslide
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Satellite Spots Massive Tonzang Landslide

Heavy rainfall from tropical storm Komen triggered a large landslide in Myanmar (Burma).

Published Nov 8, 2015

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Predicting Landslide Hazards in Near Real-Time
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Predicting Landslide Hazards in Near Real-Time

For the first time, scientists can examine rain–induced landslide threats anywhere around the world every 30 minutes.

Published Apr 18, 2018

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Climate Change Could Trigger More Landslides in High Mountain Asia
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Climate Change Could Trigger More Landslides in High Mountain Asia

Warming temperatures will likely cause more intense rainfall, leading to increased landslide activity.

Published Feb 12, 2020

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Mapping a Slow-Motion Landslide
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Mapping a Slow-Motion Landslide

Through the study of an unusual, long-lasting slide, has developed a new technique to make prediction easier and more accurate.

Published Jun 5, 2020

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Torrential Rain in China
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Torrential Rain in China

Patterns running from pale green to deep blue are draped over southern China, showing rainfall totals for the week of June 4 through June 11, 2007. Though seasonal rains are not unexpected in the area, the rain that fell during the week was torrential and relentless. As the image shows, a broad stretch of China received up to 200 millimeters of rain, and some areas were inundated with up to 500 millimeters.

Published Jun 14, 2007

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Torrential Rain in China
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Torrential Rain in China

Published Jun 12, 2007

Severe Storms

Landslide in Southern Kyrgyzstan
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Landslide in Southern Kyrgyzstan

Debris spread more than 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the source to the toe of the landslide.

Published May 22, 2017

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Scientist-Volunteers Map Landslides from Nepal Quakes
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Scientist-Volunteers Map Landslides from Nepal Quakes

A multinational team is trying to map landslide hazards in Nepal before the summer monsoon adds to the region’s misery.

Published Jun 4, 2015

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Landslide in Maierato, Italy
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Landslide in Maierato, Italy

A pale tan scar in this natural-color image from March 14, 2010, marks the location of a landslide outside the southern Italian town of Maierato.

Published Mar 17, 2010

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Hunting Landslides with Landsat
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Hunting Landslides with Landsat

A combination of seismographic data and satellite imagery is making it easier for scientists to locate elusive landslides. In summer 2013, Landsat 8 helped pinpoint a slide in eastern Alaska.

Published Aug 30, 2013

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Potential Landslides near Epicenter of Haiti Quake
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Potential Landslides near Epicenter of Haiti Quake

This true-color image from January 15, 2010, highlights potential new landslides near the epicenter of Haiti’s massive 7.0 earthquake.

Published Jan 19, 2010

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Large Landslide in Uganda
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Large Landslide in Uganda

Freshly exposed earth traces down the slope of Mount Elgon in Uganda where a large landslide buried three villages on March 2, 2010. This cloud-free, natural color image is from March 11.

Published Mar 13, 2010

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Landslide onto Steele Glacier
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Landslide onto Steele Glacier

Using seismometers and satellites, scientists identified a large landslide in southwestern Yukon.

Published Oct 20, 2015

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Taking Stock of Landslides after the Gorkha Earthquake
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Taking Stock of Landslides after the Gorkha Earthquake

Scientists from around the world banded together to analyze landslides in the wake of a potent temblor. They found fewer scars on the landscape than past events would have predicted.

Published Dec 17, 2015

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Large Landslide Detected in Southeastern Alaska
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Large Landslide Detected in Southeastern Alaska

The largest natural landslide to occur anywhere on Earth since 2010 spilled off the flanks of Mount La Perouse in February 2014.

Published Feb 25, 2014

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Landslide in Zhouqu, China
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Landslide in Zhouqu, China

Acquired September 7, 2010, this natural-color image shows the Zhouqu landslide remaining visible on the landscape weeks after its occurrence.

Published Sep 13, 2010

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Landslide in Southern China
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Landslide in Southern China

On June 5, 2009, a mountainside collapsed in the Chingqing region of southern China, burying dozens of people. The landslide remained visible in satellite imagery nearly two weeks later.

Published Jun 19, 2009

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Landslide Dams the Tom Khola
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Landslide Dams the Tom Khola

Debris from an earthquake-induced landslide has dammed a river in Nepal.

Published May 7, 2015

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