Burlington’s Riverside Avenue Faces Ongoing Landslide Risk: UVM Study

After 20 landslides in 70 years, Riverside Avenue is again teetering on the edge of a potential disaster, UVM researchers say
Trees are broken on a dirt hillside, with rocks and/or chunks of concrete mixed into the dirt

At least 20 times in the past 70 years, part of the hill by Burlington’s Riverside Avenue has tumbled into the Winooski River, according to new UVM research. With structures atop the unstable slope, it’s just a matter of time before the next landslide, with the potential for property and environmental damage, the researchers say.

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Malaria kills more than 600,000 people each year worldwide, and two thirds are children under age five in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists have found a treatment that could prevent thousands of these deaths: trees.

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With ski resorts set to open across the U.S., skiers and snowboarders—and the entire winter sports industry—are turning their attention to the snow forecast.

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