2025 December - 27 articles
Drought remains one of the most damaging natural hazards to agricultural production and is projected to continue posing substantial risks to food security in the future, particularly in major rice-growing regions. Based on the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scena...
On 19 December 2015 and 21 February 2017, Longyearbyen was hit by major avalanches from the steep hillside of the mountain Sukkertoppen. In this article, we specifically consider the 2015 avalanche that destroyed eleven houses and buried nine people;...
Critical transmission lines frequently traverse geologically complex mountainous regions, where harsh environments and variable climatic conditions pose significant geohazard risks. Utilizing 163 Sentinel-1A scenes (January 2018 to October 2023), we...
Modern statistical techniques enable quantitative characterisation of seismic activity. Analysis of the 2011 Tohoku megathrust earthquake revealed clear precursory signals: shortened inter-event intervals, increased magnitude scale (σ), and a p...
During January–February 2025, the Santorini volcanic complex experienced intense seismic activity, increasing interest and concern regarding the possible reactivation of the magmatic system. This study investigates the spatial and magnitude dis...
The 17 November 2023 MW 6.8 earthquake located offshore of Southern Mindanao, Philippines, triggered soil liquefaction along the lowlands of the Sarangani Peninsula. Detailed mapping, geomorphological interpretations, geophysical surveys, comparison...
This present study demonstrates the assessment of agricultural drought hazard based on satellite indices for drought risk mapping in part of the South Koel river basin (India) with coverage of (7261 km2). Satellite-based drought indices and NDVI anom...
The Late Holocene flood history of the Cauvery River floodplain in the Poompuhar region was reconstructed using a multiproxy sedimentological approach applied to three trench cores. Lithostratigraphy, loss on ignition (LOI), magnetic susceptibility (...
This article proposes a novel methodology based on the 2D hydraulic model of the HEC-RAS software, with a stepped ascending hydrograph that allows determining the maximum capacities of the channel (value at which overflow occurs), identifying potenti...
The Santorini volcano in the South Aegean Volcanic Arc is of great scientific importance. Knowledge of historical eruptions is valuable for better understanding the volcanic cycle and for improved hazard assessments. One of the little-known historica...
Over the past five decades, the Tallet Alsauda district of Aleppo (Syria) has experienced multiple catastrophic collapses, attributed to a network of subsurface chalk cavities formed through historic quarrying and possible natural karstification. Yet...
The Longshou Shan area is located on the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau in northwest China. The study area is located where the sinistral Altyn Tagh and Haiyuan Faults overlap and the Qilian Shan thrust fault systems in the northeastern K...
This study combines a multidisciplinary approach to Pyrenean and Alpine glacial lakes to characterize the sensitivity of Late Glacial to Holocene subaquatic flood deposits in deltaic environments to slope failures triggered either by earthquakes, roc...
Identifying landslide boundaries and morphological features using traditional methods is labor-intensive, costly, and often limited—especially in areas altered by human activity or covered with dense vegetation. In such cases, modern remote sen...
The lower Mahanadi basin in eastern India is experiencing significant land and soil transformations that directly influence agricultural sustainability and ecosystem resilience. In this study, we used geospatial techniques to analyze the spatial-temp...
Since March 2021, a series of volcanic eruptions on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula has repeatedly triggered wildfires in moss-dominated heathlands—an unprecedented phenomenon in this environment. These fires have consumed extensive organic...
Coastal boulder deposits (CBDs) are among the most striking geomorphic signatures of extreme wave activity, recording the action of both tsunamis and severe storms. Their significance extends beyond geomorphology, providing geological archives that c...
Landslides are a major natural hazard capable of causing severe damage to infrastructure, ecosystems, and human life. They result from complex interactions of geological, hydrological, and environmental factors, with soil properties playing a crucial...
Slope failures represent one of the most serious geotechnical hazards, which can have severe consequences for personnel, equipment, infrastructure, and other aspects of a mining operation. Deterministic and stochastic conventional methods of slope st...
Sediment erosion under turbulent wave action is a highly dynamic process shaped by the interaction between wave properties and sediment characteristics. Despite extensive empirical research, the underlying mechanisms of wave-induced erosion remain in...
On 10 August 2025, a powerful earthquake (Mw = 6.1) occurred in Balıkesir, located within the Aegean Graben System, one of Türkiye’s major tectonic elements, and was felt across a very wide region. This study presents a comprehensive...
Dam collapse is a catastrophic event involving an artificial reservoir usually filled with water for hydropower or irrigation purposes. Several cases of dam collapses have overwhelmed entire valleys, reconfiguring their geomorphology, redesigning the...
Nepal is highly susceptible to natural hazards, including earthquakes, flooding, and landslides, all of which may occur independently or in combination. Climate change is projected to increase the frequency and intensity of these natural hazards, pos...
Landslides are common in mountainous regions and can significantly affect human life and infrastructure. The aim of this study is to analyze the role of hydrothermally altered rocks in generating ground instability and triggering debris flows in the...
Approaches to magnetotelluric monitoring of variations in apparent resistivity and electromagnetic emission that may serve as earthquake precursors are considered. Monitoring of apparent resistivity is advised in the range 7–300 Hz, where natur...
Global environmental challenges, including eutrophication and hypoxia in enclosed water bodies, require innovative solutions for sustainable water quality management. Lake Biwa, Japan’s largest freshwater lake, suffers from hypoxia in its botto...
The Niland Moving Mud Spring, located near the southeastern margin of the Salton Sea, represents a rare and evolving geotechnical hazard. Unlike the typically stationary mud pots of the Salton Trough, this spring is a CO2-driven mud spring that has m...
