Cascading land surface hazards as a nexus in the Earth system

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Yanites, Brian J.; Clark, Marin K.; Roering, Joshua J.; West, A. Joshua; Zekkos, Dimitrios; Baldwin, Jane W.; Cerovski-Darriau, Corina; Gallen, Sean F.; Horton, Daniel E.; Kirby, Eric; Leshchinsky, Ben A.; Mason, H. Benjamin; Moon, Seulgi; Barnhart, Katherine R.; Booth, Adam; Czuba, Jonathan A.; McCoy, Scott; McGuire, Luke; Pfeiffer, Allison; Pierce, Jennifer
• 署名单位: Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; University of Oregon; University of Southern California; University of California System; University of California Berkeley; University of California System; University of California Irvine; Columbia University; United States Department of the Interior; United States Geological Survey; Colorado State University System; Colorado State University Fort Collins; Northwestern University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University of North Carolina School of Medicine; Oregon State University; Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE); University of Nevada Reno; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Portland State University; Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; University of Arizona; Western Washington University; Boise State University
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-11350
• DOI: 10.1126/science.adp9559
• 发表日期: 2025-06-26
• 关键词: soil-hydraulic-properties; debris flows; CLIMATE-CHANGE; landslide activity; sediment transport; volcanic-eruptions; water-quality; wildfire; MODEL; rainfall

摘要

This Review synthesizes progress and outlines a new framework for understanding how land surface hazards interact and propagate as sediment cascades across Earth's surface, influenced by interactions among the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and solid Earth. Recent research highlights a gap in understanding these interactions on human timescales, given rapid climatic change and urban expansion into hazard-prone zones. We review how surface processes such as coseismic landslides and post-fire debris flows form a complex sequence of events that exacerbate hazard susceptibility. Moreover, innovations in modeling, remote sensing, and critical zone science can offer new opportunities for quantifying cascading hazards. Looking forward, societal resilience can increase by transforming our understanding of cascading hazards through advances in integrating data into comprehensive models that link across Earth systems.