In the common understanding, heavy rainfall is the primary trigger of landslides. However, to most people’s surprise, many catastrophic landslides occur unexpectedly during periods of little or even ...

Two people are dead after a landslide hit their home in New Zealand, and authorities are searching for several others feared dead in a separate slip at a busy campground. The two landslides, about 17 ...

Landslides in mountainous regions are often evaluated as a result of natural processes such as heavy rainfall, steep slopes, and weak geological structures. However, a new study published in the ...

Homes and streets of a neighborhood affected by the Santa Barbara County mudslides in Santa Barbara, California are shown, Jan. 9, 2018, from the perspective of a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter ...

If the landslide at the Barry Arm fjord collapses, its falling ice and rock could generate a devastating 650-foot-high tsunami Darren Orf To live during an age of rapid climate change is to be witness ...

More than 4,500 people in Eugene-Springfield live on existing deep landslides. A new landslide research center based at University of Michigan is collaborating with University of Oregon and others to ...

Northwestern University and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) scientists have developed a new process-based framework that provides a more accurate and dynamic approach to landslide ...