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Slab avalanches resemble strike-slip earthquakes

30 Jul 2022
A photo of a snowboarder travelling down a snowy slope filled with cracks. A plume of snow spray behind the boarder hints at the slope's instability
Lucky escape: A still from a video of snowboarder Mathieu Schaer narrowly escaping a slab avalanche on the Col du Cou in the Swiss Alps. (Courtesy: Ruedi Flück)
Researchers in Switzerland and the US have gleaned new insights into how slab avalanches begin on sn

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Sam Jarman is a science writer based in the UK
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