• Study reveals new landslide risk factor

    ByJulie Celestial

    New research by NASA scientists revealed that flooding rice fields – a previously unknown risk factor – triggered a disastrous effect following the fatal 2018 Palu earthquake in Indonesia. Shortly after the extreme shaking, the solid ground turned into a landslide…

  • 82 acres of earth is slipping downhill at Keene Valley

    ByChillymanjaro

    On May 6, the iris garden alongside Jim and Charity Marlatts’ house on a mountain two hours north of Albany was cleaved by a small crack only two inches wide. It was the start of a natural catastrophe, one that is still unfolding at an excruciatingly slow