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News
Rockfall impacts train in France
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On February 8th, 2014, a direct impact of a rockfall on the touristic train de pignes in the southern part of France (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, ) caused two casualties and one injured person. The two train wagons were derailed by the impact and subsequently retained by trees downslope. More information can be found here (in French).
Silent witness of rockfall in Tramin
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An impressive rock mass fall occurred on 21 January 2014 in Tramin/Termeno, South Tirol, Italy. Luckily this event did not cause casulaties, but only quite some material damage. A silent witness shows that the event was not a complete surprise. Have a look at the Landslide Blog of Prof. Dave Petley for an interesting photo series of the event.
Landslide and forests
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Scientific evidence that forests have a stabilising effect on slopes that are prone to shallow landsliding has been increasing over the last 20 years. Lateral reinforcement by tree roots seems to be the crucial factor here. To facilitate the quantification of the possible stabilising effect of a forest, ecorisQ, in collaboration with Massimiliano Scharz from the Bern University of Applied Sciences developed a rapid assessment tool called SlideforNET, which can be used online for free. Please have a try and if considered appropriate send us your feedback.
