In late December, China approved the world's largest hydropower project to begin construction, citing the economic benefits and need to shift to renewable energy sources. However, opponents argue that ...

Climate change has become a direct threat to the survival of the world’s rarest great ape, according to scientists, after ...

In the days since last week’s fatal landslides at Mount Maunganui, there has been widespread discussion about what may have caused the slopes above the campground to fail, including the possible role ...

A new study reveals that most fatal landslides occur in human-transformed environments. Conducted by an international team of researchers from the University of Vienna, Ankara University, Istanbul ...

In 2014, a landslide east of Oso killed 43 people and destroyed 49 structures, including homes. The tragedy in Snohomish County ranks with the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens and the 1910 Wellington ...

From the Southeast rainforest to the Arctic tundra, warming conditions are creating a variety of Alaska landslide hazards, some of them posing extreme hazards to human safety and others creating ...