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PubTalk-04/2023: Gravity Never Sleeps - Landslide Science and Risk Reduction

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Gravity Never Sleeps - Landslide Science and Risk Reduction 

By Jonathan Godt, USGS Landslide Hazards Program Coordinator 

Learn About:

  • Landslides contribute to the cascading hazards from wildfire, flooding, earthquakes, and climate change. 
  • Learn about the latest science and technologies for detecting, surveilling, and forecasting landslides. 
  • Learn about the new National Strategy for Landslide Loss Reduction. 

Recorded on April 27th, 2023 at 6PM PDT

 

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01:08:55

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Public Domain.

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National strategy for landslide loss reduction

Executive SummaryLandslide hazards are present in all 50 States and most U.S. territories, and they affect lives, property, infrastructure, and the environment. Landslides are the downslope move­ment of earth materials under the force of gravity. They can occur without any obvious trigger. Widespread or severe land­slide events are often driven by such hazards as hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic
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National strategy for landslide loss reduction

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