Science News for Kids » earth science http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Ahead of the wave http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/scientists-are-working-to-predict-and-tame-the-tsunamis-that-can-threaten-some-coastal-communities/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/scientists-are-working-to-predict-and-tame-the-tsunamis-that-can-threaten-some-coastal-communities/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:55:19 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15632 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 ]]> 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 ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/scientists-are-working-to-predict-and-tame-the-tsunamis-that-can-threaten-some-coastal-communities/feed/ 0 Less ice, more seawater http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/shrinking-ice-sheets-in-antarctica-and-greenland-contribute-to-rising-sea-levels/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/shrinking-ice-sheets-in-antarctica-and-greenland-contribute-to-rising-sea-levels/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:00:31 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15175 Meltwater on the Greenland ice sheet carved this canyon. Credit: Ian Joughin

Shrinking ice sheets contribute to rising sea levels, large-scale study confirms]]> Meltwater on the Greenland ice sheet carved this canyon. Credit: Ian Joughin

Shrinking ice sheets contribute to rising sea levels, large-scale study confirms]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/shrinking-ice-sheets-in-antarctica-and-greenland-contribute-to-rising-sea-levels/feed/ 0 Evolution of a Frankenstorm http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/evolution-of-a-frankenstorm/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/evolution-of-a-frankenstorm/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:57:17 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14886 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 ]]> 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 ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/evolution-of-a-frankenstorm/feed/ 0