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Creeping earth could hold secret to deadly landslides

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Scientists investigate why mountain slopes can slip slowly for years and then suddenly speed up, with potentially fatal effects.

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  1. Jane Palmer: Travel for this story was supported by the European Geosciences Union's Science Journalism Fellowship programme.

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