Lucky escape: A still from a video of snowboarder Mathieu Schaer narrowly escaping a slab avalanche on the Col du Cou in the Swiss Alps. (Courtesy: Ruedi Flück) Researchers in Switzerland and the US have gleaned new insights into how slab avalanches begin on snowy mountainsides, reconciling the predictions ...
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