Strange, catastrophic landslides are kicking off across the far north

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Nearly a decade ago, a helicopter pilot flying in Canada’s Northwest Territories noticed something peculiar: A landslide so immense, it had blocked a river and created a lake . But that damming power wasn’t what made this slide so strange. What he saw wasn’t just new to the landscape, it was new to science, what researchers have dubbed a “permafrost detachment slide.”  In a recent paper , a team…

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