{"id":24013,"date":"2023-07-13T21:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T21:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/you-have-been-asked-to-write-an-article-for-a-magazine-or-newspaper-your-choice-about-a-major-mass-wasting-event-a-landslide-mudslide-debris-flow-rock-fall-etc\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T21:24:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T21:24:05","slug":"you-have-been-asked-to-write-an-article-for-a-magazine-or-newspaper-your-choice-about-a-major-mass-wasting-event-a-landslide-mudslide-debris-flow-rock-fall-etc","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/you-have-been-asked-to-write-an-article-for-a-magazine-or-newspaper-your-choice-about-a-major-mass-wasting-event-a-landslide-mudslide-debris-flow-rock-fall-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"You have been asked to write an article for a magazine (or newspaper \u2013 your choice) about a major mass wasting event (a landslide, mudslide, debris flow, rock fall, etc.),"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in; color: rgb(32, 33, 34); letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;\">Your article should discuss the following facts and concepts:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding-inline-start: 3em; color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: Lato, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;\">What type of mass wasting event occurred and where did it happen?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"list-style-position: outside; margin: 0in 0px; padding-inline-start: 3em; color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: Lato, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;\">Why did this mass wasting event occur?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;\">Was it devastating to people or places? 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