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🏔️ Avalanche Risk Assessment and Physics

Explore the physics behind avalanches – snowpack instability, stress accumulation on a weak layer, and release mechanisms. Adjust slope angle and snow load to see stability change and trigger a release.

Geology & Earth Science3DModerate60 FPS

⚙ Under the hood

Explore the physics behind avalanches – snowpack instability, stress accumulation, and release mechanisms. Learn how to assess avalanche risk and understand preventative measures by adjusting slope angle, snow load and weak-layer strength on a 3D mountainside.

Three.jsavalanchesnowpackgeologyslope stabilitynatural hazards

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install