The catastrophic flood along the Nepal-China border that killed more than 1,400 people and left nearly 6,000 people missing devastated communities and infrastructure, and renewed questions about how Himalayan countries prepare for environmental hazards that can unfold rapidly and cross-national borders.
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As Nepal reels from deadly flash floods, scientists say the flooding was triggered by the collapse of a glacier. University of Michigan geoscientist Marin Clark studies how erosion processes at the land surface, like landslides and river floods, cause disasters, and she has specifically studied landslide hazards in Nepal.
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The research team will study a range of planets beyond our solar system, from rocky planets similar in size to Earth to planets that are several times larger, but smaller than Neptune. These worlds are called sub-Neptunes and are the most abundant type of planet in the galaxy. One popular theory suggests that they contain large amounts of water and are often referred to as "water worlds."
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