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Collaborative research aims to better predict landslides in Southeast Alaska | Alaska Insight

Lori Townsend talks to Lisa Busch about climate change and landslides in Southeast Alaska on set during Alaska Insight on February 19, 2021.
Lori Townsend talks to Lisa Busch about climate change and landslides in Southeast Alaska on set during Alaska Insight on February 19, 2021.

What have geologists learned from destructive landslides in Alaska and how might that science inform future development plans and early warning systems for communities?

Lori Townsend discusses these looming questions with guests Ronald Daanen, a geologist with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, and Lisa Busch, executive director of the Sitka Sound Science Center.

Lori Townsend is the news director and senior host for Alaska Public Media. You can send her news tips and program ideas for Talk of Alaska and Alaska Insight at ltownsend@alaskapublic.org or call 907-550-8452.