Landslides can be triggered by small changes in atmospheric pressure

We knew earthquakes and heavy rain might provoke landslides, however now it appears alterations in atmospheric stress can do it too if mixed with sure situations on the bottom

By Kate Ravilious

Small modifications in atmospheric stress can begin a landslide in sure climate situations. Understanding why will assist us to evaluate which slopes are at most danger of failing.

Just over a decade in the past, there was enormous shock when it was found that the intermittent sliding of the Slumgullion landslide within the San Juan Mountains of south-west Colorado was triggered by modifications in atmospheric stress. We knew that landslides are initiated by earthquakes or heavy rains, however the …