When Earthquakes Meet Slow Landslides: How Hidden Ground Movement Threatens Bridge Piers
A new numerical study shows that slow-moving landslides fundamentally alter the seismic response of pile-supported bridge piers, underscoring the need ...
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Afghanistan’s Deadly 2025 Earthquake Reveals a Wider Seismic Threat Than Mapped Faults Suggest
Satellite radar and field observations of the 2025 Mw 6.0 Asadabad-Kunar earthquake show that deformation in eastern Afghanistan was spread ...
Decade of Satellite Images Reveals Accelerating Landslide Crisis in Eastern Congo Highlands
A ten-year, field-validated satellite inventory documents more than 2,000 landslides and a doubling of landslide-affected land in the mountainous South ...
Roads, Dams and Rushed Budgets Are Quietly Manufacturing Disasters in Nepal’s Himalaya
New research shows that rushed road, hydropower, and construction projects in rural Nepal are systematically manufacturing disaster risk across the ...
Hidden Secondary Faults Behind Twin 2022 Sichuan Earthquakes Revealed
Field investigations of the 2022 Lushan and Maerkang earthquakes show that both events ruptured small secondary faults rather than the ...
Landslides in Recife Cluster in Persistent Hotspots, Decade of Data Reveals
A ten-year spatial analysis of Recife's civil defense records shows landslides cluster persistently in hillside neighborhoods of the city's northern ...
Drone Mapping Reveals Hidden Slope Instability Above Indian Hamlet
A high-resolution drone survey of Miraswadi, India, found ongoing slope deformation beyond a 2021 landslide scar above a rural settlement.
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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