Natural hazards can be placed into two categories - tectonic hazards and climatic hazards. Tectonic hazards close tectonic hazard A hazard created when the Earth’s crust moves. occur when the ...

The module aims to provide an insight into the causes and effects of natural hazards and the way in which natural processes and human activity interact to produce them and, sometimes, increase their ...

An ongoing project in the Department of Physical Geography (NOW-Veni of Tjalling de Haas ... The extent of a debris-flow hazard strongly depends on debris-flow volume, which depends on the amount of ...

Our group focuses on studying natural hazards processes: including landslides and soil erosion in mountainous areas in the Alps and the Himalayas, and wind erosion and droughts in semi-arid ...

Petrified wood is one of the most sought-after materials in the world for both its aesthetic value and its scientific value.

Kevon Rhiney, an associate professor in the Department of Geography, was recently designated as an Association of American ...