Space weather forecasters have warned that the solar storm that erupted from the sun today could cause serious disruption to ...

NOAA did not renew a contract that supported a handful of seismic stations in Alaska. This could hamper tsunami warnings for ...

In the 1960s, when the possibility of an asteroid impact alarmed the American public for the first time, MIT students drafted ...

Funding and staffing cuts are shuttering the monitoring stations that sustain this life-saving early warning system.

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed flourishing communities. Alamosaurus was one of the last dinosaurs from ...

Falls are inevitable, but new research proves that with practice, you can lower your risk of fractures and head trauma. Playful moments like this trampoline session build strength, coordination, and ...

A powerful earthquake has rattled northern Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. A tsunami advisory is lifted ...

A tsunami warning was issued in Japan after a massive earthquake of magnitude 6.7 hit the northern Pacific region on Sunday (Nov 9). The tremors struck around 5:03 pm in the waters off Iwate. The ...

A powerful earthquake has rattled northern Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The quake, with a magnitude of 6.7, struck off the coast of Iwate prefecture on Sunday evening.

Any Southeast Asian adventure, whether a shorter trip or a cross-country odyssey, will likely take in some of the region’s 25,000-plus islands. You’ll find plenty of coral-sand bays, seaside bars and ...

Forget what you think you know about the built-up Spanish Costas. The aptly named Costa de la Luz — or ‘Coast of Light’ — is a quiet stretch along Andalucía's lesser-visited Atlantic seaboard, where ...

Nine earthquake monitoring stations in Alaska are set to go dark, leaving tsunami forecasters without important data to ...