Earthquakes and tsunamis are often portrayed as the villains of natural disasters, leaving destruction in their wake. But ...

Jeff Desom, currently doing jury duty at the Luxembourg City Film Festival, calls for a thought-through approach to AI: "At the end of the day, you might be robbing a bank, and you're not realizing it ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A tsunami warning has ended for parts of Oregon after a large span of the West Coast braced for the impact of a large earthquake that hit off the coast of California ...

What will it take to be ready for the next major tsunami? One of the most wrenching signs of the lack of readiness for the tsunami in the Indian Ocean was the enthusiasm of children, as reported ...

UNESCO is the UN Agency in charge of ocean science. With its Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission joined by 150 Member States, and its expertise in the culture and education fields, UNESCO ...

Japan’s 2011 tsunami affected both the rich coastal ecosystems of northeastern Japan and the local communities reliant upon them. The destruction to the landscape wreaked by the tsunami that ...

The endangered Hawaiian monk seal population in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands does not appear to have been severely affected by March’s tsunami from Japan, according to an initial assessment ...

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake off the coast of New Zealand's South Island has sparked fears of a possible tsunami. The earthquake struck at 2.42pm (NZDT) on Tuesday at a depth of 12km about 160km ...

There are a number of scenarios where California could get hours of lead time ahead of a damaging tsunami. But should a quake strike close to shore, there could be little to no warning. Tsunami ...

There are a number of hazards caused by plate tectonics including earthquakes and tsunamis. Earthquakes have both primary effects (such as the destruction of buildings) and secondary effects (such ...

A magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan on Monday. The country's meteorological agency has downgraded to advisories all tsunami warnings issued along the Sea of Japan.