Delighted to be giving a professorial lecture on my research into the 1607 #flood in the #Bristol Channel for Bath Spa University at the the egg theatre on 27 June - it's free but you need to book tickets at ticketsource.co.uk/lectures-and-t… Bath Spa Geography #tsunami #geography #geology #history #coast

Our international students contribute so much to our campus community. In advance of the Government's review of the graduate visa next week, we've been campaigning to confirm the UK as a leading destination for international students.

#WeAreInternational

💧 Wondering why it's been really rainy where you are?

April 2024 was the moistest April on record for the planet, continuing a run of record-moist months that dates back to last year.

62% of Earth had above normal moisture content during the month, which is being strongly…

Come and join us at The AfricaMuseum on 16 May 2024 for a workshop on hillslope dynamics and sediment budgets!

Details and free registration here: georiska.africamuseum.be/en/2405_LACTOS…

Belgian Earth Observation Antoine Dille Benoît Smets Matthias Vanmaercke

Dave Petley Some of those cities sit on ancient fans sentinelshare.page.link/Nof2 🧐

Will increased rainfall due to climate change directly lead to increased sediment flux ?

Analysis by the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Kyrgyzstan shows that mudflows are the most impactful 'natural' hazard in the country, causing 30% of all emergencies. There have been 122 mudflows in the last four months alone:- akipress.com/news:772521:Mu…

On 22 July 2021, high temperatures and heavy rainfall triggered the 8 km long Xiao Dongsuo debris flow on the Tibetan Plateau:- eos.org/thelandslidebl…
The landslide is described in a paper in the journal Landslides:- link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Before and after images by Planet

Avenida torrencial y flujos de escombros de la quebrada La Honda arrastra varias viviendas en la vereda Zarcitos de Montebello, Antioquia 🇨🇴
#TemporadaDeLluvias
#LosDesastresNoSonNaturales
📹RRSS

Landslides are a constant threat that causes extensive socio-economic and environmental damage on different scales. To discuss this further, join us for a special session on Landslides: Processes, Hazard, Vulnerability, and Risk at MedGU 2024 2024.medgu.org/index.php?p=sp… in Barcelona.

Landslides in Art Part 35: 'Landslide in Front of the Hodogaya Tunnel on the Tōkaidō (1924)' by Oda Kanchō, a beautiful colour woodblock that depicts a failure in the aftermath of the M=7.9 1 September 1923 Great Kantō earthquake in Japan:- eos.org/thelandslidebl…

CHENAB valley in Kashmir sinking in 3 dists of Doda, Ramban & Kistwar. Besides several mega hydro projects, big road/railways joining Jammu-Srinagar pass here wth multiple tunnels. It's also a seismic zone. But these major interventions done without any disaster risk assessment.

Somewhat wild videos of a landslide at São Vendelino in Brazil have emerged. Two people are reported to be missing: youtube.com/watch?v=Aky7gD…

The 1 May 2024 fill slope failure on the Meilong Expressway in Guangdong, China is now known to have killed 36 people. The deaths occurred when cars plunged into the landslide scar in the dark. Some caught fire:- eos.org/thelandslidebl…
Picture from Xinhua News

News reports this morning suggest that a very nasty landslide has occurred on a highway embankment in Guangdong, China, killing 19 people:
independent.co.uk/news/china-ap-…
Possible failure of a fill slope?