When Deadwood Attacks: Simulating Sliding Logs That Race Down Mountain Slopes
A new physics-based simulation of sliding deadwood logs in the Swiss Alps reveals that steep slopes, wet surfaces, and a ...
Tag: natural hazards
Why Ignoring Uncertainty in Natural Hazard Forecasts Would Be Absurd, Scientists Warn
A multidisciplinary task force argues that natural hazard sciences must adopt a shared hierarchy of uncertainties and complete forecasts that ...
Ancient Greek sea waves reexamined: most were not tsunamis but meteotsunamis
A new analysis of ten tsunami-like sea disturbances in Greek waters from 479 BCE to 1991 finds that nine were ...
A Restless Himalayan Slope Is Building a Deadly Flood Time Bomb
Satellite radar, optical imagery and flood modelling reveal that the repeatedly reactivating Kuwari landslide in Uttarakhand has formed an unstable ...
When Safe Housing Is Not Enough: Livelihood Lessons From Mount Semeru’s Resettled Families
A new study of households permanently relocated after Indonesia's 2021 Mount Semeru eruption shows that safe housing alone failed to ...
Machines Read 50 Years of Geomorphology Papers and Reveal a Science Reshaped by Climate
A machine learning analysis of 30,397 geomorphology papers published between 1975 and 2025 reveals that fluvial research and modeling dominate ...
Rivers Turned Time Bombs: Why Water Decides Which Landslide Dams Fail
A sweeping review of 235 studies argues that hydrological processes, not just geomorphology, control whether landslide dams endure for centuries ...
Simple Statistical Models Outperform in Mapping Landslide Danger in Northeast India
A new study of the Dikhow River Basin in Northeast India shows that a simple frequency ratio model outperformed the ...
Satellites and Expert Judgments Combine to Map Fire Danger in Southwest France
A new remote sensing and multi-criteria framework maps forest fire vulnerability across Gironde, France, revealing that nearly half the department ...
Tide Gauges Reveal 77 Years of Hidden Storm Surges Across the Philippines
A new analysis of tide gauge records from 1947 to 2024 has produced the most comprehensive instrument-based inventory of Philippine ...
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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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