Scientists were stunned when they discovered that a shipwreck shadow they thought they had spotted under their boat last November was actually a mega-coral. The Pavona clavus, now the world’s ...

KEY LARGO — Tricia Keffer, creator of “Food Trucks for Birds,” will give the second presentation of the 34th annual A Delicate Balance of Nature lecture series at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, at John ...

The Pacific Plate is estimated to be 103,300,000 square kilometers in size. Most of the Pacific Plate is made up of oceanic crust. The North American Plate is the world’s second-largest tectonic plate ...

SALISBURY — Much to the delight of local officials, the latest Salisbury Beach sand replenishment project is moving forward without issue and is approximately half done. “I was actually able ...

FISHING REPORTWith temperatures moderating, Lake Marie is a good spot to target yellow perch. Some early returning winter steelhead have arrived in the lower sections of the South Umpqua and Smith ...

So all of that now has changed. Now there's tsunami warning centers in every major ocean basin. We were able to get word out much, much quicker than were able 20 years ago. But I think the lesson ...

One person died in Ecuador and ports closed across Peru as massive waves up to four meters (13 feet) high pummeled the region, officials said Saturday. Many beaches along the central and northern ...

Warning systems – The tsunami also forced a reckoning about the preparedness of coastal communities around the Indian Ocean basin. At the time of the earthquake, there was no warning system in ...

GEOLOGISTS have reason to thank Prof. Ball for directing their attention to the remarkable investigations of Mr. G. H. Darwin upon “The Precession of a Viscous Spheroid, and the Remote History ...