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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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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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Landslides in Sikkim
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Landslides in Sikkim

Acquired October 19, 2011, this natural-color image shows landslides in the northern Indian state of Sikkim. The landslides likely resulted from an earthquake to the northwest.

Published Oct 20, 2011

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Landslides in Hokkaido
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Landslides in Hokkaido

A powerful earthquake triggered hundreds of landslides on the Japanese island.

Published Oct 2, 2018

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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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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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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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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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Niigata, Japan
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Niigata, Japan

Published Nov 10, 2004

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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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Sichuan Landslides
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Sichuan Landslides

These images show changes in the landscape before and after an earthquake struck on May 12, 2008.

Published May 29, 2008

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Global Landslide Risks
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Global Landslide Risks

Published Jun 16, 2007

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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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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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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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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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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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