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The heavy rains that resulted in landslides killing hundreds in southern India last month were made worse by human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis by climate scientists found Tuesday. The ...
Climate-change impact on temperature, both average rainfall and rainfall extremes, and evapotranspiration may affect landslide distribution, frequency and intensity (62). However, this impact shows strong variability in different areas (63). Therefore, the effects of climate change on landslides need to be studied on a regional scale.
“This [landslide] event highlights the intricate interconnections between climate change in the atmosphere, destabilisation of glacier ice, movements of water bodies, and Earth’s solid crust ...
Additionally, global warming caused by climate change and other human impact on the environment, can increase the frequency of natural events (such as extreme weather) which trigger landslides. [53] Landslide mitigation describes the policy and practices for reducing the risk of human impacts of landslides, reducing the risk of natural disaster.
The 2010 Ugandan landslide occurred in the Bududa District in eastern Uganda on 1 March 2010. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The landslide was triggered by heavy rain between 12 pm and 7 pm that day. [ 3 ] At least 100 people were believed to have been killed, and 94 bodies were found.
Fielding said it’s difficult to make a direct link between landslides and climate change, but rainfall is intensifying as a result of global warming because a warmer atmosphere can hold more ...
Both surface deformation and faulting and shaking-related geological effects (e.g., soil liquefaction, landslides) not only leave permanent imprints in the environment, but also dramatically affect human structures. Moreover, underwater fault ruptures and seismically triggered landslides can generate tsunami waves.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. − As flooding, wind and landslides from Tropical Storm Helene devastated lives and property across parts of Southern Appalachia, the storm also wrought ecological destruction.