New open-source software called SLIP-DRIP uses satellite images and rainfall data to help identify otherwise overlooked landslides.
Published Jul 8, 2016
A new NASA project improves landslide inventories with data from the public.
Published Jul 11, 2019
In parts of Africa and South America, landslides are happening even if you rarely hear of them.
Published Apr 6, 2017
Steep slopes, roads, underlying geology, and forest loss can all make landslides more likely.
Published Mar 30, 2017
Heavy rainfall from tropical storm Komen triggered a large landslide in Myanmar (Burma).
Published Nov 8, 2015
For the first time, scientists can examine rain–induced landslide threats anywhere around the world every 30 minutes.
Published Apr 18, 2018
Warming temperatures will likely cause more intense rainfall, leading to increased landslide activity.
Published Feb 12, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Water Human Presence Snow and Ice Remote Sensing
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
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
Debris spread more than 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the source to the toe of the landslide.
Published May 22, 2017
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
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
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
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
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
Using seismometers and satellites, scientists identified a large landslide in southwestern Yukon.
Published Oct 20, 2015
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
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
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
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
Debris from an earthquake-induced landslide has dammed a river in Nepal.
Published May 7, 2015
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