https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/fjord/ Recent content in Fjord on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Mon, 16 May 2016 11:44:29 -0400 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/comment-assessing-threat-massive-rock-slope-failures-norwegian-fjordlands/ Mon, 16 May 2016 11:44:29 -0400 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/comment-assessing-threat-massive-rock-slope-failures-norwegian-fjordlands/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/comment-assessing-threat-massive-rock-slope-failures-norwegian-fjordlands/IMG_0540.jpg" alt="Florence Magnin is installing temperature loggers at 1,400 meters above Loen Lake on an unstable slope at Hoggrenningsnibba Mountain. In the background across the lake, a rockslide scar can be seen at Ramnefjellet Mountain; it is the failure surface of two previous rockslides that caused displacement waves in 1905 and 1936 (with maximum wave runups of 40.5 and 74.2 meters), which killed 61 and 74 people, respectively. Credit: Reginald L. Hermanns." loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Florence Magnin is installing temperature loggers at 1,400 meters above Loen Lake on an unstable slope at Hoggrenningsnibba Mountain. In the background across the lake, a rockslide scar can be seen at Ramnefjellet Mountain; it is the failure surface of two previous rockslides that caused displacement waves in 1905 and 1936 (with maximum wave runups of 40.5 and 74.2 meters), which killed 61 and 74 people, respectively. Credit: Reginald L. Hermanns.</figcaption> </figure> <p>All high-latitude coastlines with pronounced relief are characteristically incised by deep fjords — carved by repeated glacial cycles — reaching far into the mountain landscapes. What is not characteristic of all of these coastlines is settlements, as these landscapes tend to be quite inhospitable, not to mention dangerous, thanks to the likelihood of rockslides. Norway, however, with thousands of people living on and visiting its fjordlands, is a different story. In recent years, Norway&rsquo;s geological community has worked to reduce the risks posed by landslides to fjordland communities.</p> https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/giant-quake-sloshed-fjords-half-world-away/ Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:43:45 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/giant-quake-sloshed-fjords-half-world-away/ <p>On the morning of March 11, 2011, Leif Hus and his wife Gry Melas Hus were having breakfast in their kitchen overlooking Sognefjord in Leikanger, Norway. It was low tide on a calm and windless day with near-freezing temperatures. As they stood, coffee cups in hand, looking out the window at the fjord, they saw an unusual wave roll in. The wave continued to rise, surging over the seawall into their backyard before receding back into the fjord. Then another wave surged in, and another. As the water rose, engulfing the ladder on their dock, Leif grabbed his cell phone and started filming.</p>