Uğur Öztürk
@uguroeztuerk.bsky.social
Studying #landslides, how they relate to #earthquakes, heavy #rainfall, and #urbanization.
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Uğur Öztürk
@uguroeztuerk.bsky.social
· Sep 19
😱 Every second person dies from unnecessary risk-taking behavior during #disasters. We need to educate the public to reduce #disaster mortality further.
👉 #ClimateChange is kicking in; we are facing more and more socio-natural #hazards without prior experience.
doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae034f
👉 #ClimateChange is kicking in; we are facing more and more socio-natural #hazards without prior experience.
doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae034f
What a day!
The longest #MedGU25 session — 20+ insightful talks on #landslide research. Big thanks to all the amazing presenters and participants who stuck with us all day instead of wandering in Athens!
@tolgagorum.bsky.social
The longest #MedGU25 session — 20+ insightful talks on #landslide research. Big thanks to all the amazing presenters and participants who stuck with us all day instead of wandering in Athens!
@tolgagorum.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 4:51 AM
What a day!
The longest #MedGU25 session — 20+ insightful talks on #landslide research. Big thanks to all the amazing presenters and participants who stuck with us all day instead of wandering in Athens!
@tolgagorum.bsky.social
The longest #MedGU25 session — 20+ insightful talks on #landslide research. Big thanks to all the amazing presenters and participants who stuck with us all day instead of wandering in Athens!
@tolgagorum.bsky.social
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“Climate-related disasters forcibly displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 displacements every day, according to a report by the UN refugee agency.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“Climate-related disasters forcibly displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 displacements every day, according to a report by the UN refugee agency.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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In August 2025, I recorded 104 fatal landslides, a record total number of landslides for August. 2025 is shaping up to be a terrible year for fatal landslides, with the cumulative total to that point being close to the highest year, in 2024.
eos.org/thelandslide...
eos.org/thelandslide...
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
In August 2025, I recorded 104 fatal landslides, a record total number of landslides for August. 2025 is shaping up to be a terrible year for fatal landslides, with the cumulative total to that point being close to the highest year, in 2024.
eos.org/thelandslide...
eos.org/thelandslide...
We will keep underestimating the scale and complexity of cascading #geohazards in high mountains without a fundamental shift in perspective, policies, and their implementation.☝️Developing scenarios to facilitate impact based forecasting schemes is a way forward
doi.org/10.1038/s41561
@univie.ac.at
doi.org/10.1038/s41561
@univie.ac.at
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We will keep underestimating the scale and complexity of cascading #geohazards in high mountains without a fundamental shift in perspective, policies, and their implementation.☝️Developing scenarios to facilitate impact based forecasting schemes is a way forward
doi.org/10.1038/s41561
@univie.ac.at
doi.org/10.1038/s41561
@univie.ac.at
In diesem Blogbeitrag teile ich meine Überlegungen und Erfahrungen rund um das Thema Sozio-Naturgefahren.
Vielen Dank an die @ya-oeaw.bsky.social und @derstandard.at für die Möglichkeit, diesen Beitrag zu veröffentlichen.
@univie.ac.at
Vielen Dank an die @ya-oeaw.bsky.social und @derstandard.at für die Möglichkeit, diesen Beitrag zu veröffentlichen.
@univie.ac.at
Wie menschliches Eingreifen in die Natur die Gefahr von Überschwemmungen und Handrutschungen beeinflusst und wie ein erweitertes Risikokonzept Leben retten kann 👉 ein Forschungseinblick von @uguroeztuerk.bsky.social im Standard-Blog der Jungen Akademie
www.derstandard.at/story/310000...
www.derstandard.at/story/310000...
Wie "natürlich" sind Naturkatastrophen wirklich?
Warum menschliches Handeln viele Katastrophen mitverursacht, und wie ein erweitertes Risikokonzept Leben retten kann
www.derstandard.at
October 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
In diesem Blogbeitrag teile ich meine Überlegungen und Erfahrungen rund um das Thema Sozio-Naturgefahren.
Vielen Dank an die @ya-oeaw.bsky.social und @derstandard.at für die Möglichkeit, diesen Beitrag zu veröffentlichen.
@univie.ac.at
Vielen Dank an die @ya-oeaw.bsky.social und @derstandard.at für die Möglichkeit, diesen Beitrag zu veröffentlichen.
@univie.ac.at
As I don’t understand #Swedish, I’m not able to follow the podcast by the Swedish Radio that occasionally features quotes from my interview.
👉 I hope my Swedish-speaking followers will enjoy it.
We discuss the increasing #landslide risk globally.
www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/nar-...
👉 I hope my Swedish-speaking followers will enjoy it.
We discuss the increasing #landslide risk globally.
www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/nar-...
När marken rämnar - P3 Dystopia
Jordskred blir allt vanligare – är vi förberedda på konsekvenserna?
www.sverigesradio.se
September 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
As I don’t understand #Swedish, I’m not able to follow the podcast by the Swedish Radio that occasionally features quotes from my interview.
👉 I hope my Swedish-speaking followers will enjoy it.
We discuss the increasing #landslide risk globally.
www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/nar-...
👉 I hope my Swedish-speaking followers will enjoy it.
We discuss the increasing #landslide risk globally.
www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/nar-...
😱 Every second person dies from unnecessary risk-taking behavior during #disasters. We need to educate the public to reduce #disaster mortality further.
👉 #ClimateChange is kicking in; we are facing more and more socio-natural #hazards without prior experience.
doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae034f
👉 #ClimateChange is kicking in; we are facing more and more socio-natural #hazards without prior experience.
doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae034f
September 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
😱 Every second person dies from unnecessary risk-taking behavior during #disasters. We need to educate the public to reduce #disaster mortality further.
👉 #ClimateChange is kicking in; we are facing more and more socio-natural #hazards without prior experience.
doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae034f
👉 #ClimateChange is kicking in; we are facing more and more socio-natural #hazards without prior experience.
doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae034f
Der Klimawandel führt möglicherweise nicht automatisch zu mehr Migration nach Europa.
@romanhoffmann.bsky.social gibt in seinem Blogbeitrag einen einführenden Einblick, wie komplex Migration ist – weit entfernt von einfachen Ursache-Wirkung-Erklärungen.
@romanhoffmann.bsky.social gibt in seinem Blogbeitrag einen einführenden Einblick, wie komplex Migration ist – weit entfernt von einfachen Ursache-Wirkung-Erklärungen.
Oft wird der Klimawandel als zentraler Auslöser für Migrationsströme genannt. 🌍 Warum diese Schlussfolgerung zu kurz greift und welche komplexen Bedingungen hinter Migrationsbewegungen stehen, erklärt @romanhoffmann.bsky.social im Standard-Blog der Jungen Akademie. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Wird der Klimawandel zu mehr Migration nach Europa führen?
Die meisten Menschen bleiben trotz Umweltstress in ihrer Heimat, während internationale Migration oft durch ökonomische, rechtliche und soziale Hürden begrenzt wird
www.derstandard.at
September 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Der Klimawandel führt möglicherweise nicht automatisch zu mehr Migration nach Europa.
@romanhoffmann.bsky.social gibt in seinem Blogbeitrag einen einführenden Einblick, wie komplex Migration ist – weit entfernt von einfachen Ursache-Wirkung-Erklärungen.
@romanhoffmann.bsky.social gibt in seinem Blogbeitrag einen einführenden Einblick, wie komplex Migration ist – weit entfernt von einfachen Ursache-Wirkung-Erklärungen.
We celebrated the publication with an additional field trip.
#ThatPublishedFeeling 🥳 What does it feel like to see your research published?
IOP Publishing authors share powerful and meaningful stories behind publication— From returning to science after decades to shaping their hometowns’ futures.
👉 Explore their stories: ioppublishing.org/that-publish...
IOP Publishing authors share powerful and meaningful stories behind publication— From returning to science after decades to shaping their hometowns’ futures.
👉 Explore their stories: ioppublishing.org/that-publish...
September 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We celebrated the publication with an additional field trip.
Reposted by Uğur Öztürk
What does #ThatPublishedFeeling mean to you?
For Sara Manuela Nieto Lopera, it was a way to give back to her hometown.
"It felt like a way to contribute something real to city planning and to the ongoing conversations about how we live with risk."
Read Sara's story: lnkd.in/eDE7Ecdm
For Sara Manuela Nieto Lopera, it was a way to give back to her hometown.
"It felt like a way to contribute something real to city planning and to the ongoing conversations about how we live with risk."
Read Sara's story: lnkd.in/eDE7Ecdm
September 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
What does #ThatPublishedFeeling mean to you?
For Sara Manuela Nieto Lopera, it was a way to give back to her hometown.
"It felt like a way to contribute something real to city planning and to the ongoing conversations about how we live with risk."
Read Sara's story: lnkd.in/eDE7Ecdm
For Sara Manuela Nieto Lopera, it was a way to give back to her hometown.
"It felt like a way to contribute something real to city planning and to the ongoing conversations about how we live with risk."
Read Sara's story: lnkd.in/eDE7Ecdm
Reposted by Uğur Öztürk
Survivors of the 1 September 2025 earthquake in Afghanistan have correctly assessed that rainfall-triggered landslides are much more likely in the aftermath of the mainshock. This illustrates how landslides extend the impact of an earthquake in time and space.
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
Afghan earthquake survivors refuse to return to villages, fearing landslides
Haunted by the fear that aftershocks could bring rocks crashing down from the mountains, the survivors of Afghan earthquakes vowed not to return to destroyed villages but camp in fields and on riverbanks instead, even without tents to keep off the rain.
www.reuters.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Survivors of the 1 September 2025 earthquake in Afghanistan have correctly assessed that rainfall-triggered landslides are much more likely in the aftermath of the mainshock. This illustrates how landslides extend the impact of an earthquake in time and space.
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
A #landslide may have buried about 1000 people, the inhabitants of an entire village, in Sudan.
www.dw.com/de/rebellen-...
www.dw.com/de/rebellen-...
Rebellen: Erdrutsch im Sudan löscht ganzes Dorf aus – DW – 02.09.2025
Eine Gruppe bewaffneter Aufständischer bittet um internationale Hilfe. Nach ihrer Mitteilung starben mehr als 1000 Menschen im Westen des Sudan unter Schlamm- und Geröllmassen.
https://www.dw.com/de/rebellen-erdrutsch-im-sudan-löscht-ganzes-dorf-aus/a-73846094?mobileApp=true
September 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A #landslide may have buried about 1000 people, the inhabitants of an entire village, in Sudan.
www.dw.com/de/rebellen-...
www.dw.com/de/rebellen-...
I share the sentiment of Sara about her publishing achievement. For me as well, it is essential to publish work that has the potential to positively impact society.
🌍 #Landslides threaten rapidly growing mountainous cities. Studying them carefully is crucial to guide equitable and informed actions.
🌍 #Landslides threaten rapidly growing mountainous cities. Studying them carefully is crucial to guide equitable and informed actions.
What does #ThatPublishedFeeling mean to you?
For Sara Manuela Nieto Lopera, it was a way to give back to her hometown.
"It felt like a way to contribute something real to city planning and to the ongoing conversations about how we live with risk."
Read Sara's story: lnkd.in/eDE7Ecdm
For Sara Manuela Nieto Lopera, it was a way to give back to her hometown.
"It felt like a way to contribute something real to city planning and to the ongoing conversations about how we live with risk."
Read Sara's story: lnkd.in/eDE7Ecdm
September 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I share the sentiment of Sara about her publishing achievement. For me as well, it is essential to publish work that has the potential to positively impact society.
🌍 #Landslides threaten rapidly growing mountainous cities. Studying them carefully is crucial to guide equitable and informed actions.
🌍 #Landslides threaten rapidly growing mountainous cities. Studying them carefully is crucial to guide equitable and informed actions.
Reposted by Uğur Öztürk
Just now: Large slide in sensitive marine clays in Mid-Norway sweeps away the main E6 road and the railway. One person still missing. Image by Johan Arnt Nesgård, Trønder-Avisa.
August 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Just now: Large slide in sensitive marine clays in Mid-Norway sweeps away the main E6 road and the railway. One person still missing. Image by Johan Arnt Nesgård, Trønder-Avisa.
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Viele Kinder sind in Betreuung, die mit einem 40-Stunden-Job kompatibel sein soll. Dennoch stecken vor allem Frauen zurück – es geht um Geld, Geschlechterrollen und Prioritäten.
Sechs Gründe, warum Eltern trotz Vollzeit-Kindergartens in Teilzeit bleiben
www.derstandard.at
August 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Viele Kinder sind in Betreuung, die mit einem 40-Stunden-Job kompatibel sein soll. Dennoch stecken vor allem Frauen zurück – es geht um Geld, Geschlechterrollen und Prioritäten.
📢 PhD in #landslide research at Uni Vienna! Join the Geomorphic Systems & Risk Research group within the NoeSLIDE program. Start: 1 Oct 2025 | 4 yrs | Apply by 15 Sept 2025.
👉 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
👉 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
University assistant predoctoral
University assistant predoctoral
jobs.univie.ac.at
August 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
📢 PhD in #landslide research at Uni Vienna! Join the Geomorphic Systems & Risk Research group within the NoeSLIDE program. Start: 1 Oct 2025 | 4 yrs | Apply by 15 Sept 2025.
👉 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
👉 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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PhD Position on ecohydrology of urban blue-green infrastructure at IGB, Berlin, Germany. Apply by 19 September. See also: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jobs
August 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
PhD Position on ecohydrology of urban blue-green infrastructure at IGB, Berlin, Germany. Apply by 19 September. See also: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jobs
I’m #hiring a #postdoc researcher in Landslide Risk Modeling for the @erc.europa.eu funded #UrbanSlide project at the @univie.ac.at, Department of Geography and Regional Research
2+2 years contract will start on 01.01.2026
Apply via: jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/4...
2+2 years contract will start on 01.01.2026
Apply via: jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/4...
Scientific project assistant postdoc
Scientific project assistant postdoc
jobs.univie.ac.at
August 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’m #hiring a #postdoc researcher in Landslide Risk Modeling for the @erc.europa.eu funded #UrbanSlide project at the @univie.ac.at, Department of Geography and Regional Research
2+2 years contract will start on 01.01.2026
Apply via: jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/4...
2+2 years contract will start on 01.01.2026
Apply via: jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/4...
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On 21 July 2025, an extremely large rock avalanche occurred in the mountains in Wanrong Township in Hualien County, Taiwan. Initial measurements suggest that this ran out for about 6 kilometres.
Image by @planet.com on the Google Earth DEM.
An initial description is here:- eos.org/thelandslide...
Image by @planet.com on the Google Earth DEM.
An initial description is here:- eos.org/thelandslide...
August 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
On 21 July 2025, an extremely large rock avalanche occurred in the mountains in Wanrong Township in Hualien County, Taiwan. Initial measurements suggest that this ran out for about 6 kilometres.
Image by @planet.com on the Google Earth DEM.
An initial description is here:- eos.org/thelandslide...
Image by @planet.com on the Google Earth DEM.
An initial description is here:- eos.org/thelandslide...
Reposted by Uğur Öztürk
These are fascinating debris flows that've been occurring for years. They mobilize from pyrite-rich fractured quartz latite that acidifies groundwater and chemically weakens the rock in place (I measured pH 4.7 years ago). Then, a big storm + gravity = this. ⚒️ 🧵
www.abqjournal.com/news/article...
www.abqjournal.com/news/article...
Crews clear mudslide in mountains north of Taos
New Mexico Department of Transportation crews worked into the early morning hours on Friday to clear a mudslide that sent dozens of boulders skidding into a large section of highway
www.abqjournal.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
These are fascinating debris flows that've been occurring for years. They mobilize from pyrite-rich fractured quartz latite that acidifies groundwater and chemically weakens the rock in place (I measured pH 4.7 years ago). Then, a big storm + gravity = this. ⚒️ 🧵
www.abqjournal.com/news/article...
www.abqjournal.com/news/article...
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Tsunami watch (lowest rating) now in effect for BC coast and other areas. Higher ratings in Alaska. Don’t play by the water, friends in BC, WA, OR, CA, or AK! www.tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...
July 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Tsunami watch (lowest rating) now in effect for BC coast and other areas. Higher ratings in Alaska. Don’t play by the water, friends in BC, WA, OR, CA, or AK! www.tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...
🇩🇪 A #landslide caused a deadly train accident.
#ClimateChange is increasing landslide hazards—even in 🇪🇺.
I discussed the society and landslide interaction in two interviews:
📰 Tagesspiegel → lnkd.in/dS_5nbfc
📰 RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) → lnkd.in/dvrMzW6P
@univie.ac.at
@gfz.bsky.social
#ClimateChange is increasing landslide hazards—even in 🇪🇺.
I discussed the society and landslide interaction in two interviews:
📰 Tagesspiegel → lnkd.in/dS_5nbfc
📰 RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) → lnkd.in/dvrMzW6P
@univie.ac.at
@gfz.bsky.social
Zugunglück bei Riedlingen: Hätten Sicherheitssysteme Leben retten können?
Der Zugunfall bei Riedlingen zeigt, wie Starkregen und instabile Böschungen zur tödlichen Gefahr werden. Mit dem Klimawandel steigt auch das Risiko für Bahnstrecken. Was Forscher empfehlen.
www.tagesspiegel.de
July 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🇩🇪 A #landslide caused a deadly train accident.
#ClimateChange is increasing landslide hazards—even in 🇪🇺.
I discussed the society and landslide interaction in two interviews:
📰 Tagesspiegel → lnkd.in/dS_5nbfc
📰 RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) → lnkd.in/dvrMzW6P
@univie.ac.at
@gfz.bsky.social
#ClimateChange is increasing landslide hazards—even in 🇪🇺.
I discussed the society and landslide interaction in two interviews:
📰 Tagesspiegel → lnkd.in/dS_5nbfc
📰 RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) → lnkd.in/dvrMzW6P
@univie.ac.at
@gfz.bsky.social
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#Wissenschaft beginnt mit Zuhören- so Christopher Lindinger, Gründungsdirektor des neuen Science Communication Centers, das 2027 in Wien eröffnet. 🧠Welche Chancen und Visionen er für das #SciComm Center sieht, beantwortet er im Interview:
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qNP...
#univie
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qNP...
#univie
📢 Ein neues Science Communication Center für Wien | Universität Wien
YouTube video by Universität Wien
www.youtube.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#Wissenschaft beginnt mit Zuhören- so Christopher Lindinger, Gründungsdirektor des neuen Science Communication Centers, das 2027 in Wien eröffnet. 🧠Welche Chancen und Visionen er für das #SciComm Center sieht, beantwortet er im Interview:
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qNP...
#univie
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qNP...
#univie
In my interview with CRONOS, I mentioned the outreach efforts of @egu.eu, such as policy sessions during its general assembly and blogs, as well as the "Akademie im Klassenzimmer" initiative of @ya-oeaw.bsky.social, aimed at bridging the gap between science and society.
cronos.asia/ekologiya/ka...
cronos.asia/ekologiya/ka...
Science and Society in Central Asia: Dr Uğur Öztürk on Risk Communication and Climate Challenges - Новости и аналитика Центральной Азии
Dr Uğur Öztürk on climate risks in Kazakhstan and the need for better science communication and cooperation.
cronos.asia
July 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
In my interview with CRONOS, I mentioned the outreach efforts of @egu.eu, such as policy sessions during its general assembly and blogs, as well as the "Akademie im Klassenzimmer" initiative of @ya-oeaw.bsky.social, aimed at bridging the gap between science and society.
cronos.asia/ekologiya/ka...
cronos.asia/ekologiya/ka...
Reposted by Uğur Öztürk
July 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM