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Ahead of the wave

By Stephen Ornes / February 13, 2013

Water pours ashore as a tsunami strikes the east coast of Japan on March 11, 2011. Credit: Mainichi Shimbun/Reuters

Scientists are working to predict — and tame — the tsunamis that can threaten some coastal communities

Posted in Earth | Tagged Dailin Wang, David Mencin, earth science, earthquakes, engineering, feature, forces, France, Great Lakes, Hawaii, Indonesia, Institut Fresnel, Invisibility, Japan, Marseille, motion, oceanography, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Sébastien Guenneau, seiche, seismometers, strainmeters, tectonic plates, topstories, tsunami, waves and radiation, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park

Less ice, more seawater

By Stephen Ornes / December 20, 2012

Meltwater on the Greenland ice sheet carved this canyon.

Credit: Ian Joughin

Shrinking ice sheets contribute to rising sea levels, large-scale study confirms

Posted in Earth | Tagged Andrew Shepherd, Antarctica, Arctic, climate change, earth science, England, environmental science, getinvolved, glacier, global warming, Greenland, ice sheet, icebergs, Penn State University, satellites, sea level rise, snow, topstories, University of Leeds

Evolution of a Frankenstorm

By Stephen Ornes / November 15, 2012

Sandy the superstorm hit the U.S. East Coast just before Halloween, devastating cities in New Jersey and New York. Credit: Robert Simmon/NASA/NOAA GOES Project science team

Huge, late October hurricane turned into a superstorm that savaged much of the eastern United States

Posted in Weather & Climate | Tagged Atlantic City, atmospheric pressure, Caribbean, climate, climate change, earth science, flood, getinvolved, global warming, hurricane, jet stream, National Hurricane Center, ridge, Sandy, Shuyi Chen, storm surge, topstories, tropical wave, trough, University of Miami