Landslides pose increasing risks in mountainous regions across Europe, where extreme rainfall, soil saturation and changing climate conditions intensify slope instabilities. ARTEMis examines an active landslide environment to evaluate real-time monitoring, low-cost sensing solutions, integrated geophysical observations and impact-based alerting procedures. This pilot provides a testbed for improving early detection, strengthening preparedness and exploring cross-border transferability of landslide-monitoring methods. 

Rainfall-Induced Landslide — Cazzaso, Friuli, Italy 

The Cazzaso landslide in Friuli is a long-active, rainfall-triggered earth rotational slide evolving into an earth flow, moving several meters per year. Its behaviour is influenced by permeable cover materials, complex drainage and seasonal rainfall patterns. ARTEMis leverages OGS’s extensive experience in landslide monitoring, integrating InSAR, GNSS, seismic data and low-cost sensor networks designed for continuous, near real-time motion tracking. Alert thresholds defined by Civil Protection guide mitigation actions, supported by daily motion reports. 

The Cazzaso use case enables ARTEMis to validate innovative monitoring workflows, assess cascading risks and explore how cost-efficient sensing technologies can improve preparedness and situational awareness in landslide-prone mountainous regions.