As urban centers in mountainous regions grow, more people are driven to build on steeper slopes prone to slow-moving landslides, a new study finds. Slow-moving landslides are frequently excluded from ...

Using data collected from a 2022 magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Luding County in China's Sichuan Province, researchers have tested whether Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) observations could be ...

So many takes on the 2024 election and so little time. Here are my top 10 in reverse order of importance. I’ll skip the obvious one: President-elect Donald Trump, aka "45/47" or "DJT," is the greatest ...

The delayed arrival of the southwest monsoon has brought with it a fresh spell of landslides in the Western Ghats. While ...

Landslide damages California homes after heavy rains in 2023. The U.S. Geological Survey is investing $1 million in a new plan to mitigate landslides that result in $1 billion in annual economic costs ...

The August 5 disaster in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand should be a grim reminder of how unregulated human activities in the name of development can invite the wrath of nature. It was caused by a ...

Dr. Scott Burns will give a talk entitled "Lessons Learned from Landslides" at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Southwestern Oregon Community College in Eden Hall Room 1. Burns is a professor of geology at ...

A devastating landslide struck several remote villages in the mountainous Enga province in Papua New Guinea late last week. While it is too early for official confirmation, estimates place the death ...

Luxury Resorts, Villas, Homestays Continue To Mushroom; Coffee Estates Become Commercial Ventures For Tourists ...

On 30 July 1997, one life was saved and 18 were lost when part of Thredbo, NSW, was buried by a landslide. HALF AN HOUR before midnight on Wednesday 30 July 1997, a deep rumble shook the sleeping ...