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Oct 12, 2018
Volcano decides eruptions are boring, tries sliding into the sea instead
Mount Etna is having trouble keeping it together.
Apr 17, 2015
Guy Plans To Live Inside Giant Orange Ball On Top Of Melting Iceberg
What could go wrong?
Nov 13, 2014
Computer Models Confirm: Small Islands Off Coast Can Make Tsunamis Worse
Sometimes a barrier island doesn't live up to its name.
Oct 23, 2014
Coming Soon To A Coast Near You: Vertical Tsunami Shelters
A school in Washington will be the first vertical tsunami shelter in the United States.
Jun 05, 2013
Island Formations Might Make Tsunamis Worse
A computer simulation found nearby islands can amplify the severity of a tsunami by as much as 70 percent.
Apr 04, 2013
In The Future We Will All Live In Photosynthetic French Sea Pods
Tackling rising oceans with style
Dec 08, 2012
Why Aren’t We Afraid Of A Tsunami Hitting San Francisco?
When a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's eastern coast early Friday morning, we all feared a tsunami. But San Francisco gets earthquakes all the time, and we're not scared of a tsunami there. Why?
Apr 24, 2012
GPS Satellites Could Improve Tsunami Advance Warning Time Tenfold
When the Tohoku earthquake struck Japan in March of last year, seismometer data allowed authorities to issue earthquake earnings within...
