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An 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the Russian coast on Tuesday, July 30, triggering a tsunami that sent waves as far as the U.S. west coast.
A full understanding of how lightning forms in the clouds has eluded scientists, but new research promises to solve this enduring mystery.
The consequences of nuclear catastrophe extend far beyond the initial explosion—it could dismantle global food security for decades to come, a new study suggests.
Strong ocean tides could be driving the growth of huge fractures in Antarctica’s ice shelves, new research suggests.
Researchers used machine learning to reanalyze Yellowstone's historical earthquake data, revealing that humans may have missed a few things.
A new study provides the first estimates of lightning-killed trees, a crucial figure for understanding Earth's carbon cycle.
The southern part of the earthquake’s rupture moved at speeds of over 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) per second.
These ancient cores may contain clues about an unexplained change in Earth’s glacial-interglacial cycles, and could shed light on how human-generated emissions will shape our planet’s future.
The quake that struck Alaska’s southern coast on Wednesday, July 16 is part of a larger sequence that may continue to unfold in destructive ways.
The Android Earthquake Alerts (AEA) system proved to be as efficient as traditional seismic networks.
Several years of repeated volcanic eruptions near the town of Grindavík have driven most residents to flee.
Heavy rains Monday triggered flash floods in multiple East Coast states, resulting in chaos on roads and transit systems and at least two fatalities in New Jersey.
In April, geologists performing maintenance work at Norris Geyser Basin found something unexpected.
Federal firefighters initially tried to manage the Dragon Bravo Fire with a confine-and-contain strategy. Arizona state officials say this was a grave mistake.
New research suggests that the thousands of dams built over the past two centuries have caused the Earth's poles to drift more than a meter.
The National Weather Service issued multiple alerts ahead of the deadly floods that devastated central Texas, but whether people actually responded to them is an important question.
This latest blow to federal forecasting abilities is sparking outrage from meteorologists and public officials.
Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.
“It’s just more salt in the wound on how incompetent all of this has been.”
