2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (539+ words) It takes Pluto 248 years to complete one journey around the Sun. Humanity has known of its existence for less than half of that time, and we are still discovering the myriad ways that Pluto is unlike other celestial objects. Among…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (774+ words) This article was first published on the UNDRR PreventionWeb site. A hazard event occurs. Imagine that the first report says 20 people have died. By the evening, the number is 27. The following day, authorities report 23. A week later, some people initially…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (551+ words) The Arctic is often described as a distant frontier. In reality, it is one of the most consequential regions on the planet. For 2 decades, the Arctic Report Card (ARC) has provided an annual, peer-reviewed assessment of environmental conditions across the…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (611+ words) Enough satellite and drone imagery is now available to allow some initial analysis of the landslide that started the 26 August 2026 debris flow in Nepal and Tibet. But it is interesting to note that little has been written about the landslide…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (638+ words) A new era of space exploration began today with the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Roman is poised to solve one of the fundamental mysteries of the universe: what it’s made of. “There’s something really fundamental that…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (20+ words) Initial observations on the 26 August 2026 catastrophic debris flow in Nepal and Tibet, which has killed hundreds of people....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (336+ words) The Arctic Report Card, an annual, peer-reviewed evaluation of the state of our warming Arctic, will still be published this year despite a lack of financial or logistical support from NOAA. On 10 August, editors of the Arctic Report Card were…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (403+ words) A new analysis (Reiss et al. 2026) explores a global database of fatal coastal cliff failures, showing that these tragic events most frequently occur in the summer months when beaches are heavily populated. One significant type of fatal landslide is coastal…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (620+ words) Planet Labs satellite imagery highlights how the Wanlixi landslide in Taiwan evolved prior to the main failure on 21 June, and how it has continued to move subsequently. On 31 July 2026 I highlighted the valley-blocking Wanlixi landslide in Hualien County, Taiwan. The…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (433+ words) On 4 July 2026, 19 people were killed in a massive landslide in Zamora Chinchipe province, Ecuador. Planet Labs imagery shows that this was caused by a c.1 km long landslide that occurred 13 km upstream of Cantzama. This transitioned into a channelised debris flow…...