Global connections between El Nino and landslide impacts

Robert Emberson; Dalia Kirschbaum; Thomas Stanley

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22398-4

Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Global connections between El Nino and landslide impacts

Robert Emberson,
Dalia Kirschbaum,
Thomas Stanley

Affiliations

Robert Emberson: Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dalia Kirschbaum: Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Thomas Stanley: Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22398-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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This study investigates the relation between El Nino and landslide impacts. The authors show how El Nino and La Nina can cause swings in exposure of population to landslides that are as large as those due to rainy-season/dry-season variability in key locations, particularly South America.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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