How to prepare for a hurricane barging in on your vacation
Environment What to do if your trip of a lifetime gets interrupted by a natural hazard. Millions of tourists visit Hawaii every year. But this week, the islands are expecting another visitor:...
View ArticleAnchorage suffered a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, but was spared a tsunami
Science No injuries have been reported. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Alaska today, causing a short-lived tsunami warning and substantial structural damage.
View Article19 schemes to survive climate change
Science As climate change intensifies, architects, designers, and scientists are devising better ways to deal with almost anything nature throws our way. As climate change intensifies, architects,...
View ArticleEarthquake devastation will be our fault
Environment One seismologists's crusade to prepare our cities for the next Big One. One seismologists is on a crusade to prepare our cities for the next Big One.
View ArticleNASA may have detected a ‘Marsquake’ for the first time
Space It’s the dawn of Martian seismology. NASA’s Mars InSight mission has only been in full swing for about a little over four months now, but it’s already poised to reveal some of the biggest...
View ArticleThe moon is quaking (and shrinking like a raisin)
Space But that's a good thing. The moon may have a lot more activity than previously assumed.
View ArticleThe shakiest earthquake myths debunked
Science Recent tremors in California have brought up some common misconceptions. Recent earthquakes have raised questions among SoCal residents, some wondering if the tremors have somehow mitigated...
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