{"id":26710,"date":"2020-04-16T11:29:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T11:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=research_project&#038;p=26710"},"modified":"2022-10-03T08:44:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T08:44:28","slug":"shallow-geohazards","status":"publish","type":"research_project","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/","title":{"rendered":"Shallow geohazards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Shallow geohazards<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Shallow%20geohazards&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Shallow%20geohazards&#038;body=Measuring,%20recording%20and%20analysing%20near-surface%20geological%20hazards%20including%20landslides,%20sinkholes%20and%20discontinuities.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>Geohazards, such as volcanoes, earthquakes and landslides, are the natural geological processes that present a direct risk to people or an indirect risk by impacting development. They can be subdivided between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/earth-hazards\/\">earth hazards<\/a> , such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/earthquake-seismology\/\">earthquakes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/volcanoes\/\">volcanoes <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/tsunamis\/\">tsunamis<\/a>, and shallow geohazards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shallow geohazards occur in the near-surface, typically including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/\">landslides<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/sinkholes\/\">sinkholes<\/a> and discontinuities that result from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/cambering-and-valley-bulging\/\">cambering <\/a>or fault reactivation, as well as a range of hazards that occur as a consequence of karst and Quaternary processes. The term &#8216;shallow geohazard&#8217; has also been extended by engineering geologists to embrace properties of geological materials that are a potential risk to infrastructure and include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>clay shrink-swell<\/li><li>collapsible soils<\/li><li>compressible soils<\/li><li>soluble rocks<\/li><li>ground gases<\/li><li>soil piping<\/li><li>soil geochemistry<\/li><li>running sand<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The properties associated with each of these geohazards are sensitive to changes in moisture content and therefore to the consequences of climate change and &nbsp;hydrohazards, including the various types of flooding: pluvial, fluvial and groundwater.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P757469.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Landslide affecting the abandoned A625 road at Mam Tor, Derbyshire. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_48243\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P757469.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"In 1979, the the A625 road was permanently closed to traffic and what remains today is an interesting example of landslide movement and repeated road reconstruction and repair.\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Landslide affecting the abandoned A625 road at Mam Tor, Derbyshire. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P757469.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Landslide affecting the abandoned A625 road at Mam Tor, Derbyshire. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_48243\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_sinkholes.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Sinkhole in soluble bedrock, Ripon, Yorkshire. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_48243\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_sinkholes.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Sinkhole in Ripon, Yorkshire\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Sinkhole in soluble bedrock, Ripon, Yorkshire. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_sinkholes.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Sinkhole in soluble bedrock, Ripon, Yorkshire. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_48243\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P223262.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Deep camber gull at Sneck Yate Bank, North York Moors. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_48243\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P223262.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Deep camber gull at Sneck Yate Bank, North York Moors\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Deep camber gull at Sneck Yate Bank, North York Moors. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P223262.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Deep camber gull at Sneck Yate Bank, North York Moors. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_48243\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p>Collaborative shallow-geohazard research is important to society for planning and development and for infrastructure management.&nbsp; In the international context, this research contributes to resilience through the United Nations&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/sustainable-development-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sustainable Development Goals<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The focus of BGS shallow geohazards research is on developing and communicating better understanding of distribution, characterisation, susceptibility and triggering and potential impacts of shallow geohazards.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Distribution<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The BGS is home to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/national-landslide-database\/\">National Landslide Database<\/a>, the National Karst Database and a National Sinkhole Database. Data is collected using methods that range from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/geodesy\/\">Earth observation<\/a> to literature searches, social media and crowd science. We draw from our researchers&#8217; skills to respond to geohazard events, e.g. landslides induced by the Nepal earthquake of 2015 and sinkholes (e,g, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/solotvyno\/\">Solotvyno, Ukraine<\/a>), and we can assess data quality and representation in terms of size frequency distributions.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Characterisation <\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Conceptual classifications of shallow geohazards underpin geohazard communication, e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/earth-hazards\/landslides\/how-to-classify-a-landslide\/\">landslide<\/a>, sinkhole and shrink\u2013swell potential, which is based on the Atterberg limits of the soil and its position on the Casagrande plasticity chart.<\/p>\n<p>Modelling commonly requires more specific, field-based information, e.g. dimensions, soil types and details of the triggering process. A number of techniques are used to collect this information, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/geodesy\/\">Earth observation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/geomatic-surveys\/\">ground based geomatics<\/a>, geological and geomorphological mapping and\u00a0 ground investigation techniques such as probing, drilling and shallow geophysics. Examples of this activity include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/landslide-case-studies\/\">responsive visit case studie<\/a>s and specific research projects, e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/aldbrough-observatory\/\">Aldbrough<\/a> and Barton on Sea.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Susceptibility and triggering<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Algorithms, based on process understanding, are developed to identify areas where the ground conditions are more susceptible to geohazards, e.g. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/datasets\/geosure\/\">BGS GeoSure<\/a> \u00a0products. By adopting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/landslide-domains\/\">domains<\/a> approach, we are recognising that regions of common geology and geomorphology give rise to similar styles of geohazard. Perturbations (triggers) that initiate geohazards may be meteorological, tectonic (e.g. earthquakes) or anthropogenic.<\/p>\n<p>Our shallow geohazard trigger threshold value research takes a number of approaches to identify hazard tipping points. Input data includes the monitoring data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/landslide-observatories\/\">geohazard observatories<\/a>. By combining the concepts of susceptibility with MetOffice weather forecasting, we contribute to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/natural-hazards-partnership\/\">Natural Hazards Partnership daily hazard assessment<\/a>.\u00a0 This is being advanced by domain-scale, real-time modelling.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Potential impacts<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By integrating susceptibility with hazard characterisation, we can better understand the potential impact of geohazards. Our research on this topic relies on both the development of impact libraries and modelling, which enable risk assessment and the provision of information for early warning systems to protect vulnerable communities and modelling for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/multihazards\/\">multi-hazard<\/a> research.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t<section id=\"in-this-section-273-block_5f524fb9dcb4e\" class=\"grid-section  rock-background-d   \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Our shallow geohazards research<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/sinkholes-research\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/P689722-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Limestone pavement, Cumbria\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/P689722.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/sinkholes-research\/\">Sinkholes and karst research<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our research extends beyond the distribution and processes associated with sinkhole formation to the broader subject of karst.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/sinkholes-research\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/landslide-monitoring\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Downloading-_meteorological-data_Feature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Downloading meteorological data\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Downloading-_meteorological-data_Feature.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/landslide-monitoring\/\">Hazard monitoring<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hazard monitoring provides valuable information for process understanding and for the science required for developing early warning systems to protect people and infrastructure.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/landslide-monitoring\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/tsunamis\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_tsunami-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Thailand tsunami 2004\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_tsunami.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/tsunamis\/\">Tsunamis<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tsunamis are truly multi-hazardous global phenomena because the different mechanisms result in their wide geographic spread and impact.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/tsunamis\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/soil-piping\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Soil_Piping_Patterdale_feature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Soil piping\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Soil_Piping_Patterdale_feature.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/soil-piping\/\">Soil piping<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Soil piping is a naturally occurring hydraulic process that leads to the development of macropores (large air filled voids) in the sub-surface that are associated with landslides and collapse subsidence.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/soil-piping\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/landslide-domains\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Landslide_4_Feature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Landslide_4_Feature\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Landslide_4_Feature.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/landslide-domains\/\">Hazard domains<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The landslide domain map summarises the key characteristics of landslides in a series of hierarchical spatial units that represent areas of similar physiographic, meteorological, climatic and geological characteristics that shape the style of landsliding.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/landslide-domains\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/cambering-and-valley-bulging\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_cambering-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Example of Valley bulging\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_cambering.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/cambering-and-valley-bulging\/\">Cambering, gulls and valley bulging<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cambering, gulls and valley bulging are responses to stress relief that results from rapid erosion of the landscape in conjunction with gravitational forces.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/cambering-and-valley-bulging\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/clay-shrink-swell\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/swelling_and_shrinking_soils_thumb-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"swelling_and_shrinking_soils_thumb\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/swelling_and_shrinking_soils_thumb.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/clay-shrink-swell\/\">Swelling and shrinking soils<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Shrink\u2013swell, or expansive, soils are one of the most costly and widespread geological hazards globally, with costs estimated to run into several billion pounds annually.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/shallow-geohazards\/clay-shrink-swell\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P786645-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Debris pathway downslope, partly netted. Debris on the railway line has been cleared and the line is in the process of being repaired.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P786645.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/\">Landslides<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The BGS landslides team is involved in many aspects of landslide research, with the primary objective of building resilience both in the UK and internationally.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/natural-hazards-partnership\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/feature_NHP-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Holbeck Hall Landslide\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/feature_NHP.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/natural-hazards-partnership\/\">Natural Hazards Partnership<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The NHP builds on the interdisciplinary expertise of its partners to deliver better coordinated natural hazards science, research and advice to Governments, Civil Contingency responders and other hazard resilience groups across the UK.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/natural-hazards-partnership\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section  style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/News-events-scaled.jpg')\" id=\"latest-content-8693-block_633a9fbcbd4e4\" class=\"cards-carousel-section  basic-background-1   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Related news<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 owl-carousel carousel-basic-2-color owl-theme carousel-js\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  press-release\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-to-lead-a-new-research-project-on-microplastic-occurrence-in-springs\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/P1038363-150x150.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS staff sampling a chalk spring for microplastics in 2024. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/P1038363.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS news<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-to-lead-a-new-research-project-on-microplastic-occurrence-in-springs\/\">BGS to lead a new research project on microplastic occurrence in springs<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>06\/03\/2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS has been awarded a two-year research project to undertake the first assessment of microplastic occurrence in springs in the UK. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-to-lead-a-new-research-project-on-microplastic-occurrence-in-springs\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  press-release\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-scientist-announced-as-scottish-government-policy-fellow\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/st-andrews-house-edinburgh-p1038355-150x150.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"St Andrew&#039;s House, Edinburgh, Scotland. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/st-andrews-house-edinburgh-p1038355.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS news<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-scientist-announced-as-scottish-government-policy-fellow\/\">BGS scientist announced as Scottish Government policy fellow<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>06\/02\/2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS geohazard scientist Roxana Ciurean has been named amongst new policy fellows for the Scottish Government.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-scientist-announced-as-scottish-government-policy-fellow\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  press-release\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/burrow-detecting-devices-could-protect-flood-defences\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vincent-van-zalinge-GvSLkDH7XdI-unsplash-150x150.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Vincent van Zalinge. Unsplash License.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vincent-van-zalinge-GvSLkDH7XdI-unsplash.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS news<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/burrow-detecting-devices-could-protect-flood-defences\/\">Burrow-detecting devices could protect flood defences<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>23\/01\/2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS scientists have trialled a new way of detecting animal burrows in clay flood embankments.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/burrow-detecting-devices-could-protect-flood-defences\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  bgs-blogs\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/moving-stones-faults-slopes-and-sediments\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/P1038346-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Codleteth Burn catchment with its outlet fan system and recent debris flow deposits near Talla Linfoots. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/P1038346-scaled-1-960x640.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS blogs<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/moving-stones-faults-slopes-and-sediments\/\">Moving stones: faults, slopes and sediments<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>12\/01\/2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fractured rock along faults affects sediment movement on slopes with implications for the design of infrastructure. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/moving-stones-faults-slopes-and-sediments\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  press-release\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-receives-award-at-the-world-landslide-forum-2023\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/landslide-in-seatown-dorset-150x150.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Landslide in Seatown, Dorset. \u00a9 James Loveridge\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/landslide-in-seatown-dorset.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS news<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-receives-award-at-the-world-landslide-forum-2023\/\">BGS receives award at the World Landslide Forum 2023<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>30\/11\/2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS&#8217;s landslide team has been designated a World Centre of Excellence on landslide risk reduction by the International Consortium on Landslides. \n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-receives-award-at-the-world-landslide-forum-2023\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  press-release\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/natural-flood-management-is-geology-more-important-than-trees\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/P1038306-150x150.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Monitoring storm water runoff in the catchment using autosamplers to gather information on the isotopic and chemical composition of the river waters, and how this changes across the catchment depending on land use. \u00a9 Leo Peskett \/ Heriot Watt\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/P1038306.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS news<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/natural-flood-management-is-geology-more-important-than-trees\/\">Natural flood management: is geology more important than trees?<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>23\/11\/2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Looking at innovative ways of creating resilience to flooding hazards with natural flood management.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/natural-flood-management-is-geology-more-important-than-trees\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  \">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/terrafirma-2\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG-20230515-WA0000-150x150.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Postgraduate students from the University for Development Studies, Ghana, learning about instrumentation and hydrology. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG-20230515-WA0000.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/terrafirma-2\/\">TerraFIRMA<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>TerraFIRMA\u00a0is a five-year, NERC-funded, Multi-Centre National Capability (MCNC) UKRI award running from April 2022 to March 2027<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/terrafirma-2\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  press-release\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/evolving-policies-in-the-face-of-climate-change-bgs-data-can-help\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/geograph-6428042-by-Kenneth-Allen-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Subsidence warning notice, Arvalee \u00a9 Kenneth Allen cc-by-sa\/2.0. Geograph Britain and Ireland\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/geograph-6428042-by-Kenneth-Allen.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS news<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/evolving-policies-in-the-face-of-climate-change-bgs-data-can-help\/\">Evolving policies in the face of climate change: BGS data can help<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>25\/08\/2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Climate change is increasingly recognised as a major challenge for organisations, with the need for adaptation driving a wave of policy updates and reforms across multiple sectors. 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