In diesem Blogbeitrag teile ich meine Überlegungen und Erfahrungen rund um das Thema Sozio-Naturgefahren. Vielen Dank an die @ya-oeaw.bsky.social und @derstandard.at für die Möglichkeit, diesen Beitrag zu veröffentlichen. @univie.ac.at

As I don’t understand #Swedish, I’m not able to follow the podcast by the Swedish Radio that occasionally features quotes from my interview. 👉 I hope my Swedish-speaking followers will enjoy it. We discuss the increasing #landslide risk globally. www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/nar-...

😱 Every second person dies from unnecessary risk-taking behavior during #disasters. We need to educate the public to reduce #disaster mortality further. 👉 #ClimateChange is kicking in; we are facing more and more socio-natural #hazards without prior experience. doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae034f

Der Klimawandel führt möglicherweise nicht automatisch zu mehr Migration nach Europa. @romanhoffmann.bsky.social gibt in seinem Blogbeitrag einen einführenden Einblick, wie komplex Migration ist – weit entfernt von einfachen Ursache-Wirkung-Erklärungen.

We celebrated the publication with an additional field trip.

What does #ThatPublishedFeeling mean to you? For Sara Manuela Nieto Lopera, it was a way to give back to her hometown. "It felt like a way to contribute something real to city planning and to the ongoing conversations about how we live with risk." Read Sara's story: lnkd.in/eDE7Ecdm

Survivors of the 1 September 2025 earthquake in Afghanistan have correctly assessed that rainfall-triggered landslides are much more likely in the aftermath of the mainshock. This illustrates how landslides extend the impact of an earthquake in time and space. www.reuters.com/business/env...

A #landslide may have buried about 1000 people, the inhabitants of an entire village, in Sudan. www.dw.com/de/rebellen-...

I share the sentiment of Sara about her publishing achievement. For me as well, it is essential to publish work that has the potential to positively impact society. 🌍 #Landslides threaten rapidly growing mountainous cities. Studying them carefully is crucial to guide equitable and informed actions.

Just now: Large slide in sensitive marine clays in Mid-Norway sweeps away the main E6 road and the railway. One person still missing. Image by Johan Arnt Nesgård, Trønder-Avisa.

Viele Kinder sind in Betreuung, die mit einem 40-Stunden-Job kompatibel sein soll. Dennoch stecken vor allem Frauen zurück – es geht um Geld, Geschlechterrollen und Prioritäten.

📢 PhD in #landslide research at Uni Vienna! Join the Geomorphic Systems & Risk Research group within the NoeSLIDE program. Start: 1 Oct 2025 | 4 yrs | Apply by 15 Sept 2025. 👉 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

PhD Position on ecohydrology of urban blue-green infrastructure at IGB, Berlin, Germany. Apply by 19 September. See also: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jobs

I’m #hiring a #postdoc researcher in Landslide Risk Modeling for the @erc.europa.eu funded #UrbanSlide project at the @univie.ac.at, Department of Geography and Regional Research 2+2 years contract will start on 01.01.2026 Apply via: jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/4...

On 21 July 2025, an extremely large rock avalanche occurred in the mountains in Wanrong Township in Hualien County, Taiwan. Initial measurements suggest that this ran out for about 6 kilometres. Image by @planet.com on the Google Earth DEM. An initial description is here:- eos.org/thelandslide...

These are fascinating debris flows that've been occurring for years. They mobilize from pyrite-rich fractured quartz latite that acidifies groundwater and chemically weakens the rock in place (I measured pH 4.7 years ago). Then, a big storm + gravity = this. ⚒️ 🧵 www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

Tsunami watch (lowest rating) now in effect for BC coast and other areas. Higher ratings in Alaska. Don’t play by the water, friends in BC, WA, OR, CA, or AK! www.tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...

🇩🇪 A #landslide caused a deadly train accident. #ClimateChange is increasing landslide hazards—even in 🇪🇺. I discussed the society and landslide interaction in two interviews: 📰 Tagesspiegel → lnkd.in/dS_5nbfc 📰 RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) → lnkd.in/dvrMzW6P @univie.ac.at @gfz.bsky.social

#Wissenschaft beginnt mit Zuhören- so Christopher Lindinger, Gründungsdirektor des neuen Science Communication Centers, das 2027 in Wien eröffnet. 🧠Welche Chancen und Visionen er für das #SciComm Center sieht, beantwortet er im Interview: 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qNP... #univie

In my interview with CRONOS, I mentioned the outreach efforts of @egu.eu, such as policy sessions during its general assembly and blogs, as well as the "Akademie im Klassenzimmer" initiative of @ya-oeaw.bsky.social, aimed at bridging the gap between science and society. cronos.asia/ekologiya/ka...

Yes climate change is already killing people www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...

Human development isn’t just increasing landslide hazard—it may help wildfires reach places they couldn’t before. Roads and drainage changes can elevate landslide potential. ☝️ It turns out that the shape of the buildup area also determines how far wildfires can spread. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

A new paper (Kharismalatri, Gomi & Sidle 2025) in the journal Natural Hazards uses the concepts of the inflow angle and the channel gradient to examine the behaviour of large landslides after failure. It show that those two measurements predict the behaviour of most slopes. eos.org/thelandslide...

I’m #hiring a PhD Student in Landslide Hazard Modeling for the @erc.europa.eu funded UrbanSlide project at the @univie.ac.at, Department of Geography and Regional Research 🙏 Please share the post to reach the interested graduates. Apply via: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Wiss_-Pr...

🚨 I’ve just started as Assistant Professor at @univie.ac.at! 📢 Soon I will open 2 fully funded positions in the ERC UrbanSlide Project (cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...): 1️⃣ PhD (4 years) – landslide hazard modelling (Python) 2️⃣ Postdoc (2+2 years) – landslide risk modelling

Horrific news this afternoon about a deadly landslide in Banff 🧪⚒️

The study shows that such extreme events are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more severe. The steepness of the rise was not foreseen. The researchers say they are amazed and alarmed by the latest figures from Nasa’s Grace satellite. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

INCREDIBLE !! Here we are... 😱😱😱 After days of overloading and cracks propagating, Birch Glacier collapsed today at 3.24 pm over Blatten and the dammed Lonza river... Devastating! 😭 www.letemps.ch/suisse/valai...

SPEECHLESS BEFORE / AFTER #BLATTEN The magnitude of destruction after the 3:24 pm collapse of Birch Glacier is immense! 😱 All the forest has been razed and the ice/wood/debris dammed the Lonza river 🌊 Some buildings of Blatten are buried 🏠 📷 Pomona

Me too! With several fellow researchers, I also got my certificate of membership to join the young academy of Austrian Academy of Science. Looking forward to collaborating with all the members. @univie.ac.at @ya-oeaw.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu Photo(c)ÖAW

Another landslide meeting in Athens this year! Join us @tolgagorum.bsky.social, Stefano L. Gariano & George Papathanassiou at our special session at #MedGU25 (10–13 Nov 2025). Submit your abstract by 30 June! Info: 2025.medgu.org

A new paper (Zhang et al. 2025) introduces the concept of an index of geological complexity as a way to understand the distribution of landslides in a landscape. Using an area of Tibet as a case study, they show that this might enhance landslide susceptibility analyses. eos.org/thelandslide...

👉 Does that mean decreasing GLOF risk? Veh et al. (2025) documents that ice-dammed glacier lakes (most dangerous) are declining—shifting future risk to moraine- & bedrock-dammed glacier lakes.

We thank #EGU25 landslide community for filling the room of our session: 👉NH3.6: Forecasting of Landslides in Space and Time Once again, we were thrilled to host 18 fascinating presentations, showcasing studies from every continent—except Antarctica! See you at #EGU26. @nh.egu.eu @egu-gm.bsky.social

We‘ve been using our time on the #Train2EGU in making a program of all the presentations of our group for #EGU25 @unipotsdamwater.bsky.social @uguroeztuerk.bsky.social @kavindra97.bsky.social

Fellow landslide enthusiasts, 👉 Don't miss our #EGU25 session "NH3.6/GM3 -- Forecasting of landslides in space and time" on Mon, 28 Apr, 14:00–18:00 in 🟩 Room L1 @nh.egu.eu @egu-gm.bsky.social @egu.eu @tolgagorum.bsky.social

The Gorkha Earthquake of 2015, dealt a debilitating blow to Nepal, leading to considerable loss of lives and economic damages totalling a third of the country’s GDP at the time. Historically, the HKH is no stranger to large earthquakes, with records of major events going as far back as the 1500s.

I am incredibly honoured to be selected as a new member of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) @ya-oeaw.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social Thank you very much. I look forward to collaborating with all the inspiring colleagues. @univie.ac.at

So here's a great job for a geologist - Landslide Hazards Program Manager for the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys:- www.governmentjobs.com/careers/alas... Alaska has an incredible range of landslides, with notable changes in behaviour driven by anthropogenic climate change.

#Urbanisation has long raised #LandslideRisks. In #Medellín, we traced this link back nearly a century. #InformalSettlements face 2–3.5× more fatalities/km² than formal areas. Urban development strategies must consider #Geohazards. dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748... @humboldt-foundation.de @gfz.bsky.social

Evaluated CMIP6 models for Arctic sea ice trends—identified top performers capturing past patterns & projecting rapid future decline under high emissions. Critical thresholds may arrive sooner than expected. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Der Frühling kommt, die Dürre ist längst da. Der Oberboden ist vielerorts bereits komplett ausgetrocknet. Noch ist etwas tiefer ausreichend Wasser vorhanden – aber es ist ja auch erst der 21. März. Gleichzeitig läuft weltweit, in 🇪🇺 und auch in 🇩🇪 der Angriff auf effektiven Natur- und Klimaschutz.

I’ve been on a field trip around Medellín, Colombia for over a week now. Alongside amazing landscapes, we’ve observed a range of landslide-human interactions, both positive and negative. I'm very excited to keep exploring this with Edier Aristizabal, Anika Braun, and Johnny Vega.

Strong earthquakes in mountain landscapes can trigger widespread slope failures, initiating chains of multiple hydro-geomorphic hazards. These chains can amplify the geohazards and last many years following strong earthquakes. nature.com/articles/s43...

@davepetley.bsky.social Creeping landslide story on the CBS Evening News today (2/26). www.cbsnews.com/video/califo...

The purge hit the USGS today. I took the day off, but to the best of my knowledge I survived this round. At least one of my coworkers wasn’t so lucky. A bunch of incredible scientists working on what in many instances is life saving work are now out of a job due to political animus.

How do human activities influence #NaturalDisasters, and how can we mitigate #DisasterRisks? 🌍 We're investigating these questions in high mountain regions with Roopam Shukla. ❓What key factors should we consider❓ 🔍 Read more: www.uni-potsdam.de/de/nachricht... #Landslides #ClimateRisk

New paper out 📢: Hinging on the preparedness of first responders. A case study on the 2021 flood operations in Romania 🔍 We investigated the relationship between preparedness and perception on the operative intervention among first responders. 📌 What we found: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 A key challenge in #NaturalHazards research is data availability for model training. My colleagues, led by @aydogangeo.bsky.social, developed a #MachineLearning tool that scrapes news articles to geolocate #wildfires, #floods, #landslides & #sinkholes. #DataScience #DisasterRisk