landslide
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Environment
What causes the landslide? And what can we do to reduce the risk?
On January 12, 2018, we walk through a search and rescue team through the mud near a home damaged by a storm in Montecito, California. Credits: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File Landslides are dangerous rapids, usually referred to as debris flows by geologists and first responders. They were particularly deadly in parts of California, where landscape, climate, weather and geology…
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Mapping landslide risk across Indiana
The Indiana Geological and Water Survey conducts landslide risk assessments and creates landslide inventories across southcentral Indiana according to the schedule shown in the map above. The points represent the locations of previously recorded landslides. Work that began in 2023 targeted Hoosier National Forest properties (the darkest shade of gray). Construction began in 2024 and covered all of Bedford, Jasper,…
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Advanced algorithms reduce land cover classification errors in landslide analysis.
Land cover changes in hilltop areas. Credit: Renata Pacheco Quevedo/INPE Land use and land cover (LULC) analysis is becoming increasingly important in environmental research as it has a direct impact on the environment. Changes in LULC not only increase the susceptibility of landscapes to hazardous phenomena, but also affect ecological and climate balance. However, one of the key challenges when…
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