🏔️⚠️ Landslides are not just natural #disasters, human activity plays a major role. New research shows land-use change (#deforestation, infrastructure, agriculture) in #OurChangingMountains drives fatalities – especially in lower-income countries. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/5iUpLaB
Tolga Gorum
@tolgagorum.bsky.social
Geomorphologist / Prof. / Director of the @itu_aybe / @itu1773 / https://eies.itu.edu.tr/ https://geohazard.itu.edu.tr/
Anthropogenic land-cover change correlates with landslide fatalities, thereby amplifying the disadvantage of the world's poor. Built on ~60 years of data across 46 countries, this work highlights the urgent need for better planning to reduce risk. Read more here: doi.org/hbwd99
Proud to host our special session “Landslides: Processes, Hazard, and Risk” at MedGU 2025 in Athens, conveners @tolgagorum.bsky.social @uguroeztuerk.bsky.social Stefano Luigi Gariano George Papathanassiou.
Seeing Blatten buried again and again, from every angle... Properly staggering! 😮😱
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
Seismic analysis to understand the 13 February 2024 Çöpler Gold Mine Landslide, Erzincan, Türkiye eos.org/thelandslide...
Seismic analysis of the 13 February 2024 Çöpler Mine Landslide
A new paper (Büyükakpınar et al. 2025) uses seismic analysis to understand the 13 February 2024 Çöpler Gold Mine Landslide, Erzincan, Türkiye
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New research from @tolgagorum.bsky.social, comments from Ben Leshchinsky and @brucedmalamud.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social, @ihrr.bsky.social. Words by @andrewchapman.bsky.social
Almost forgotten today, vintage-style National Parks posters were created between 1935-1940 to invite people to the National Parks in the United States. Using AI, I attempted to employ a similar style for some landslides that have left deep marks in Türkiye. You can find some of the examples below.
Our latest article was featured on @eos.org The Landslide Blog, eos.org/thelandslide.... Many thanks to Dave Petley for summarizing this study and increasing its visibility. I have long appreciated his contributions to the field of landslides. Thanks @davepetley.bsky.social
Landslide hazards in the area of 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquake
A new paper (Görüm et al. 2025) has examined rainfall-induced landslide hazard in the area affected by the 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquake.
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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...
The 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquake disaster was exacerbated by an atmospheric river - Communications Earth & Environment
The combination of topography, as a driver for extreme precipitation, and slope instability from seismicity contributed to the compound hazard of post-seismic rainfall-induced landslides, according to...
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