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Aug 2026
Global satellite analysis reveals landslide susceptibility peaks at intermediate vegetation density
Summary Landslide hazard models worldwide assume that vegetation stabilizes slopes monotonically, so that denser vegetation always implies greater stability. Analyzing 12,459 rainfall-triggered landslides (2000–2024) with multi-source satellite data, we find a “vegetation paradox”: landslide susceptibility does not dec...
Shao-Xiong Yuan, Quan Wang, Q. Gong et al.
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