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Landslide warning system on horizon for Sitka

Landslide warning system on horizon for Sitka

by KCAW News | May 1, 2019 |

Researchers with the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit based in Santa Monica, California, and other community partners are beginning work on a three-year project to develop a landslide warning system in Sitka using inexpensive sensor technology, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Read More
Sitka research partnership wins $2.1 million for landslide prediction

Sitka research partnership wins $2.1 million for landslide prediction

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Oct 3, 2018 | ,

A research partnership has been awarded $2.1 million to study landslide prediction in Sitka. The 3-year “Smart and Connected Communities” grant comes from the National Science Foundation, with the goal of using relatively inexpensive sensor technology -- and existing social networks -- to create a realtime warning system in Sitka and other communities at risk of slides. Read More
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