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• Weather, water and people may have led to the collapse of Double Arch at Lake Powell - AZ Central, Arizona Republic, Aug 19, 2024.

• The collapse of an iconic arch in Utah has some wondering if other famous arches are also at risk - AP News, Newsweek, ABC News, Wall Street Journal, Aug 16, 2024.

• Utah's spectacular, ancient Double Arch collapsed. Here's why - USA TODAY, Aug 13, 2024.

• Utah geologists translate vibrations of rock landforms into audible tones - Utah Public Radio, Jun 6, 2022.

• Rock Music in Utah - EOS, May 3, 2022.

• How climbers help scientists vibe with Utah s famous red rock formations - Science News, Mar 21, 2022.

• The Alps Matterhorn shows how much even big mountains sway - Science News for Students, Mar 18, 2022.

• Utah s red rock towers shake and shimmy to a predictable beat - Ars Technica, Mar 7, 2022.

• Mountains sway to the seismic song of the Earth - EOS, Feb 1, 2022.

• Matterhorn sways to a seismic beat - Physics World, Jan 7, 2022.

• Discover the sound that could preserve Utah s arches - National Geographic, Oct 11, 2021.

• Hello, Arches - REI, Hello Nature Podcast, Sept 24, 2021.

• Science Moab talks to geologists about the sound prints of rock formations - Moab Sun News, Apr 29, 2021.

• Podcast: Songs of the Arches (with Helicopters) - EOS, Nov 23, 2020.

• 4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About - Ep. 41 - National Science Foundation, July 24, 2020.

• The Delicacy of Arches - EOS, July 13, 2020.

• Utah's arches continue to whisper their secrets - PhysOrg, Jun 11,2020

• Helicopter infrasound shakes historic rock formations - Physics World, Jan 16,2020

• The Geologic Toll of Helicopter Flights - Physics Magazine, Dec 23, 2019

• Not-so-good vibrations? Chopper tours may be damaging Utah s arches - Deseret News, Dec 28, 2019

• Helicopters might be weakening Utah s arches - KSL News Utah, Dec 26, 2019

• Hush... - National Parks Magazine, Dec 20, 2019.

• Taking the pulse of a sandstone tower in Utah - New York Times, Sept 9, 2019.

• The rock that vibrates in time with earth, wind, and waves - WIRED, Sept 2, 2019.

• Scientists Measure Vibrations Of Red Rock Tower In Utah - KJZZ NPR Phoenix, Sept 2, 2019.

• This rock has a voice and you can listen to it - Outside Magazine, Aug 29, 2019.

• Here s how an iconic landform near Moab sways like a skyscraper from natural earth movements - KSL news Utah, Aug 29, 2019.

• Climbers in Utah scaled a 400-foot rock to measure how it moves - Atlas Obscura, Aug 27, 2019.

• Popular Utah rock-climbing spot vibrates in time with earth, wind, and waves - Ars Technica, Aug 27, 2019.

• Voices of the arches: Displacing Vibrations at Nox Contemporary - SLUG Magazine, Feb 28, 2019

• Ancient Rock Arches Sing Songs - HowStuffWorks, Jan 19, 2019

• Listen to the Cosmic Sound of Sandstone Arches in Bears Ears - EarthJustice Blog, Dec 4, 2018

• Studying the Fate of Arches - National Park Service, Nov 26, 2018

• 115 arches were left out of the reduced Bears Ears and Grand Staircase national monuments.
  A University of Utah team is creating a digital archive to preserve them - Salt Lake Tribune, Oct 11, 2018

• The View From Above - National Park Service, Sep 21, 2018

• Rock arches are singing and scientists are listening - NSF Science Nation, July 16, 2018

• Something wondrous - Axios Science, May 17, 2018

• Monitoring the tremble -- and potential fall -- of natural rock arches - Science Daily, May 15, 2018

• Transmission: The hidden voice of the ancients - Wasatch Magazine, Mar 13, 2018

• Landslide watch: Can experts predict collapse at Washington s Rattlesnake Ridge? - Seattle Times, Jan 21, 2018

• Song of the red rock arches - National Science Foundation, Dec 5, 2017 [UU video]

• Are arches like these going to collapse? Meet the scientist who s trying to find out - Science, Jul 28, 2017

• The 2013 Bingham Canyon landslide, moment by moment - PhysOrg, Mar 2, 2017

• Natural Bridges Pick Up Vibrations From Distant Human Activity - The Atlantic, Nov 28, 2016

• Vibes at Rainbow Bridge - KNAU Arizona public radio Earth Notes, Nov 16, 2016

• Resonance at Rainbow Bridge brings icon alive - KUER NPR Utah, Oct 10, 2016

• Ancient landslide gave us Zion Canyon - Earth Magazine, Oct 3, 2016

• Rainbow Bridge trembles from people (in Russian) - Gazeta.ru, Sept. 27, 2016

• Humans can make this giant arch vibrate - Popular Science, Sept 22, 2016

• Have You Ever Heard Rainbow Bridge Hum? - National Parks Traveler, Sept 22, 2016

• Good vibrations: University of Utah geologists record how Rainbow Bridge resonates - Salt Lake Tribune, Sept 21, 2016

• Lake Ripples Cause Utah's Rainbow Bridge to Twist and Bend - Livescience, Sept 21, 2016

• Scientists listen to the singing of Utah's Rainbow Bridge - UPI, Sept 21, 2016

• Human activities rattle natural rock of Utah s Rainbow Bridge - Geospace, Sept 21, 2016

• Geologists re-visit giant Zion landslide - BBC News, May 27, 2016 - with audio interview

• Zion Canyon was sculpted by a colossal rockslide, say researchers - Christian Science Monitor, May 27, 2016

• Cataclysmic landslide created flat and tranquil valley enjoyed today in Zion National Park - Salt Lake Tribune, May 27, 2016

• Rock avalanche shaped Zion National Park 4,800 years ago, U. study says - KSL news Utah, May 26, 2016

• Sentinel, the landslide that filled Zion Canyon - National Parks Traveler, May 26, 2016

• Mesa Arch's 'hum' measured to track health of rock structure - Earth magazine, May 12, 2016

• Killer landslides: The lasting legacy of Nepal s quake - Nature, Apr 25, 2016

• Testing the strength of fragile geologic structures - Discover Magazine, April 2016

• Testing rock arch stability - How on Earth, KGNU radio Boulder, Sept 29, 2015

• Eavesdropping on arches: Rock's internal 'hum' reveals its health - Livescience, Sept 18, 2015

• In photos: Listening in on Mesa Arch's internal 'hum' - Livescience, Sept 18, 2015

• Studying the shifting stability of Utah s iconic arches - Fox13 news Utah, Aug 16, 2015

• Natural arches hum their health and scientists are listening - Geospace, Aug 7, 2015

• Utah's iconic arches: Are they talking to us? - KSL news Utah, May 13, 2015

• Wenn Sandsteine singen (If sandstones sing) - Deutschlandfunk, Jan 16, 2015

• America s 'ringing' rock arches recorded - BBC news, Dec 17, 2014

• Corona Arch swing up for restriction - Westminster College Forum, Sep 17, 2014

• The buck for safe hillside development stops with Utah cities - Salt Lake Tribune, Aug 10, 2014

• Slope in North Salt Lake was prone to landslides, experts say - Salt Lake Tribune, Aug 6, 2014

• Trib Talk: Landslides and development - Salt Lake Tribune, Aug 6, 2014

• Could warning system have saved lives in devastating Washington landslide? - FOX news, Apr 22, 2014

• Monitoring can warn of impending slides - at a cost - Seattle Times, Apr 3, 2014

• Tectonic stress feedback loop explains U-shaped glacial valleys - EOS, Mar 11, 2014

• Landslide triggered earthquakes - Nature, Vol. 505, 264, Jan 16, 2014

• Measuring last year s landslide at the Kennecott mine - KCPW Public Radio, Salt Lake City, Jan 9, 2014

• Massive Utah landslide Triggered earthquakes - LiveScience, Jan 9, 2014

• Utah avalanche was largest in modern history AP national coverage, Jan 8, 2014

• Scientists study Kennecott landslide - KUTV news Utah, Jan 7, 2014

• Massive 2013 mine collapse caused small earthquakes - Bloomberg news, Jan 7, 2014

• North America's largest modern landslides? - Science news, ScienceShot, Jan 6, 2014

• Landslide at Bingham Canyon Mine triggered earthquakes, geologists say - KSL news Utah, Jan 6, 2014

• Landslide triggered 16 earthquakes, study shows - FOX13 news Utah, Jan 6, 2014

• Kennecott slides caused earthquakes - KUER Public Radio, Salt Lake City, Jan 6, 2014

• Kennecott landslide so big it triggered earthquakes - Salt Lake Tribune, Jan 6, 2014

• Sizing up the landslide - NASA Earth Observatory, June 13, 2013

• Kennecott landslide may be largest in North America - Fox13 news Utah, May 16, 2013

• Bingham Canyon rock avalanche largest non-volcanic landslide in North American history - Salt Lake Tribune, May 16, 2013

• Operational seismic network estimates rock slide properties - EOS, Feb 2012

• Rock fractures could amplify shaking during earthquakes - MSNBC, Dec 2011

• Seismic diagrams identify rock-falls - PhysOrg, Dec 2011

• Rumbles in the Alps reveal rockslides - Nature, Nov 2011