eos.orgadded August 2026
Eosby Dave Petley1h ago
Information is emerging about this major event in Nepal. Helicopter video suggests that it was initiated by a very dynamic landslide – possibly a rock avalanche?
Eosby Clare Eayrs, Zachary Labe, François Massonnet, Tian Tian and Malte Müller2d ago
A decade ago, dedicated artificial intelligence (AI) sea ice prediction systems barely existed. Today they number in the dozens, covering both poles on timescales ranging from days to seasons.
Eosby Allison C. Aiken, Sonia Kreidenweis and Kathleen C. Weathers3d ago
Like Earth’s ocean, surface, and soils, the atmosphere is an ecologically active system. Its distinctive and dynamic conditions—involving turbulent winds, clouds, pollutants, nutrients, ultraviolet...
Eosby Rebecca Owen3d ago
Source: GeoHealth No amount of lead exposure is considered safe for children. Even low levels of lead in a child’s blood can cause serious health problems and developmental delays.
Eosby Dave Petley4d ago
On 25 January 2026, a very large landslide reactivated at Niscemi in Sicily, Italy. A new paper in the journal Landslides (Guerriero et al. 2026) describes the event.
Eosby Benjamin Jones, Phillip Wilson, Jan Olson, Bill Tracey Sr. and Chris Maio4d ago
Along Alaska’s western and northern coasts, environmental change has accelerated in the 21st century, reshaping ecosystems and the communities they support [Creel et al., 2024].
Eosby Dave Petley5d ago
A new paper (Xie et al. 2026) provides a detailed analysis of the landslides triggered by Typhoon Doksuri in northern China in 2023.
Eosby Nathaniel Scharping5d ago
Better understanding how earthquakes occur and what happens during a rupture is important for building assessments of seismic risk.
Eosby Grace van Deelen5d ago
In the Apennine mountains of Italy, preserved in sedimentary rock that was once an ancient seafloor, are strange, hexagonal networks of fossilized burrows called Paleodictyon.
Eosby Emily Gardner6d ago
Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today. The U.S.
Eosby Rebecca Owen6d ago
Forest soils store an estimated 40% of the world’s terrestrial carbon, but estimates suggest that around 15%–30% of that soil carbon is lost when a forest is harvested.
Eosby Sarah Stanley9d ago
Aerosols are small particles suspended in our atmosphere. They come in many flavors: Wildfire smoke, pollen, desert dust, sea salt lofted by powerful storms, volcanic sulfates, and emissions from...
Eosby Grace van Deelen10d ago
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Eosby Andrew Howley and Eos10d ago
Content Warning: This feature contains discussion and images of ancient human remains. The study and display of mummies are deeply entangled with the history of colonialism and the commodification...
Eosby Andrew Chapman10d ago
Written into an approximately 30-meter-long (100-foot-long) core sample drilled from the seafloor near West Antarctica is a history that might seem impossible if it weren’t so clearly documented.
Eosby Caryl-Sue Micalizio10d ago
Peat bogs are weird repositories of Earth science, history, and ecology. “Peatlands have taught us perhaps more about human history than any other” ecosystem, says ecologist Merritt Turetsky...
Eosby Emily Gardner10d ago
Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today.
Eosby Dave Petley11d ago
Examination of Planet Labs satellite imagery before the collapse of the slope suggests that there were surprisingly few signs of incipient failure.
Eosby Eleni Dovrou11d ago
As wildfire activity and severity continue to amplify across the globe, it is increasingly important to understand and have the ability to forecast wildfire emissions, which can affect air quality...
Eosby Dave Petley12d ago
On 6 August 2025, the Dayuan landslide in Guangzhou, China killed 7 people. It was triggered by rainfall onto an area affected by a wildfire.
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