Slow-moving landslides threaten mountain communities
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•Slow-moving landslides a growing, but ignored, threat to mountain communities
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Urban growth, climate change, and flood risk at lower elevations can push people to live on steeper, more dangerous terrain.
Slopes with slow-moving landslides may seem safe to settle on; the slide itself may be inconspicuous or undetected altogether.
Nearly 1.3 billion people live in mountainous regions, according to the IPCC , and that number is growing.
Study offers findings from a new global database of large slow-moving landslides.
"With our methods, we quantify the underlying uncertainties amid disparate levels of monitoring and accessible landslide knowledge," Ferrer said.
Human settlement pressure Drives SlowMoving Landslide Exposure , 2024 ; 12 ( 9 ) DOI: 10.1029/2024EF004830 .
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