The biggest environmental problems for commercial plantation forestry in New Zealand's steep hill country are discharges of slash (woody debris left behind after logging) and sediment from clear-fell harvests.
During the past 15 years, there have been...
Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in profound ways that will affect the hazards local residents face far into the future.
Mudslides buried roads...
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile on Friday, causing minor infrastructure damage and cutting power to more than 20,000 people.
The US Geological Survey...
This is the moment a 5.8-magnitude earthquake which struck in Turkey shakes a hotel in neighbouring Greece.
Footage shows the quake shaking CCTV cameras at...
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook a coastal town in Turkey on Tuesday, causing panic among residents, officials said. Dozens were reported injured after jumping...
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near the coast of Ecuador on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, injuring at least 20 people,...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul and other areas of Turkey on Wednesday, prompting widespread panic and scores of injuries...
At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?
Using data compiled from single earthquakes across...
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued.
The epicenter was in the Indian Ocean 2,069 kilometers (1,283 miles)...
The 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake struck southern Turkey and Syria along the East Anatolian Fault. The magnitude 7.8 quake and its magnitude 7.5 aftershock devastated...
Earthquakes are among the deadliest of natural global threats to society, responsible for the majority of disaster-related deaths and financial losses in the past...
