Explaining how tsunamis form
(multimedia) CNN’s Mari Ramos explains how tsunamis work after a strong earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia.
(multimedia) CNN’s Mari Ramos explains how tsunamis work after a strong earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia.
(multimedia) BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – Two massive earthquakes triggered back-to-back tsunami warnings for Indonesia on Wednesday, sending panicked residents fleeing to high ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles. There were no...
The Mariana Trench isn’t really the deep, narrow furrow that the word “trench” implies. Rather, the abyss marks the location of a subduction zone. Subduction zones occur where one part of the seabed—in this...
Japan has shut down another nuclear power station, bringing it a step closer to suspending atomic energy, following the Fukushima disaster. Only one of the 54 nuclear reactors remains in operation, and it is...
Seven Lives, Seven Fates: The residents of Japan’s northeastern coast are still coping with the aftermath of the triple catastrophe. One year after, the disaster still defines daily life. Journalists Anne Backhaus and Roman...
VANCOUVER, B.C. — Scientists are still unraveling last year’s giant Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and some of what they’re finding doesn’t bode well for the Pacific Northwest. Detailed analyses of the way...