Project 5 (Mitigate Landslide Impacts)

How does CLIMBS mitigate landslide impacts? With hillslope monitoring stations all across Eastern Kentucky! Watch as Ryan Ramsey, a University of Kentucky graduate student and Kentucky Geological Survey geologist, and his team install a landslide monitor in Floyd County’s Jenny Wiley State Park and explain how CLIMBS Project 5 will use the data from these …

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“CLIMBS will provide incalculable benefits to society… and ultimately enable us to save lives.” On March 25th, Dr. Sebastian Bryson championed the work of CLIMBS at TEDxUKY. Bryson told a gripping story–how floods and landslides have rocked our commonwealth–but also how spatial analysis, remote sensing, and artificial intelligence can help our Kentucky communities better predict …

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  The first CLIMBS landslide monitoring station is officially installed at UK’s Robinson Forest (Breathitt, Knott, and Perry Counties)! These will gather hillslope data and help us observe the unique nature of Eastern Kentucky landslides, so that communities in Eastern Kentucky can better prepare and react. Congrats to Project 5 for this vital first step! This …

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