The aftermath of the landslide dam breach at Matai'an in Taiwan. Image by the Forest Protection Department. At least 15 people are known to have been killed by the debris flow and flood from the ...

The Auckland region is dotted with distinctive, visible volcanoes and mostly invisible fault lines. Scientists are still trying to understand how they’re connected. Credit: Bruce Hayward/Wikimedia ...

The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, was one of three eruption events studied by researchers investigating links between flooding and volcanic gases. Credit: Dave Harlow/USGS, Public ...

Researchers warn that preventable heat-related deaths will continue to rise with continued fossil fuel emissions.

Heat waves, such as the record-breaking Siberian heat wave in 2020, are having lingering impacts on Arctic ecosystems. Credit: Andrei Zverev/Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0 Now Kwon et al. suggest that the ...

Around 1.1 billion years ago, the oldest and most tectonically stable part of North America—called Laurentia—was rapidly heading south toward the equator. Laurentia eventually slammed into Earth’s ...

Karst groundwaters are vital resources, providing drinking water to nearly 10% of the world’s population. However, human activities and global change have deteriorated the karst water quality and ...

Smaller rockfalls have reduced the risk of a major rock slope collapse above Blatten, but attention has shifted to the Birch Glacier, which is now moving at 10 metres per day. The Landslide Blog is ...

The seatbelt sign is always on when you’re flying through a hurricane. Credit: Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Doremus, NOAA Corps Frank Marks remembers the Diet Coke can floating in front of his face as the plane ...

A translation of this article was made by Wiley. 本文由Wiley提供翻译稿。 As climate change continues to drive global sea level rise, many people living in coastal areas are already seeing the effects. Coastal ...

Today we are witnessing rapid global sea level rise attributable mostly to climate change–driven melting of ice sheets and glaciers and thermal expansion of seawater. However, sea level change also ...

Megadroughts, or multiyear droughts that are exceptionally severe, long-lasting, or widespread, can plague vegetation, deplete water supplies, wreak havoc on agriculture, and contribute to erosion and ...