Mangrove: The Root Of The Matter
In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami disaster that struck Indonesia, India, Thailand and Sri Lanka, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey explored how these unique trees hemming the shorelines, which make up valuable forest ecosystems called mangroves, help safeguard lives, property and beaches during hurricanes, tsunamis and floods.
Tsunami Survivors: We Didn’t Understand the Threat
By talking with survivors of the devastating tsunami that hit Japan earlier this year, scientists may now have a better idea as to how to help prevent fatalities from such events in the future.
East Coast And Tsunami Risks
For about the past five years, researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey, have been gauging the potential for tsunamis generated by landslides in submarine canyons in the mid-Atlantic to strike the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts.
Fukushima Radiation Mostly Fell Into The Sea: Study
Most of the radioactive fallout from the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant dropped into the ocean and began circling the planet, Japanese researchers said Thursday.
Taiwan Deploys Undersea Quake And Tsunami Warning System
Taiwan just announced it had put into service its first undersea seismic observation system, giving the island life-saving extra seconds or even minutes to brace for earthquakes and tsunamis.
Marine Debris Generated from the 2011 Japan Tsunami
Of all Earth’s natural hazards, tsunamis may be among the most infrequent, but they pose a major threat to coastal populations, particularly in the seismically active Pacific Ocean. Ever since the great Japan tsunami on March 11 washed millions of tons of debris into the ocean, scientists at IPRC, University of Hawaii at Manoa, have been trying to track the trajectory of this debris that can threaten small ships and coastlines.
Devastation at Japan Site, Seen Up Close
The most striking feature at Fukushima Daiichi crippled nuclear plant on Saturday, when journalists were allowed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant site for the first time since disaster struck, was not the blasted-out reactor buildings, or the makeshift tsunami walls, but the chaotic mess…
Coastal Vegetation Could Blunt Tsunami’s Deadly Impact
A study estimates that the death toll of the devastating 2004 tsunami along Indonesia’s West Aceh coast would have been smaller had there been enough coastal vegetation to dull the blow and shield the coastal settlements from the shoreline.
Japan Revives a Sea Barrier That Failed to Hold
When a giant tsunami hit Japan’s northeast on March 11, the three decades work and nearly $1.6 billion Kamaishi’s great tsunami breakwater, largely crumpled under the first 30-foot-high wave, leaving Kamaishi defenseless. Waves deflected from the breakwater are also strongly suspected of having contributed to the 60-foot waves that engulfed communities north of it…