Battery Point Lighthouse stands on a small island just offshore, connected to the mainland by a natural causeway that disappears at high tide. Built in 1856, this historic lighthouse survived the ...

The coming “silver tsunami” refers to a growing population of baby boomers aging into retirement. The U.S. Census shows the ...

Ready to participate in the Great Shakeout on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 10:16 a.m.? More than 1.5 million people in Washington ...

On 30 July, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered a tsunami that spread across the Pacific Ocean.

The math of even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major ...

Historic momentum is felt across the Middle East as thousands gathered Oct. 11 in Tel Aviv, Israel, for the last mass ...

Curious about wave behavior and coastal protection? Discover how to construct a wave tank that allows you to explore sea wall effectiveness, simulate storms, and test ship designs. This can make for a ...

Palestinians have returned to see only mostly rubble in Gaza City as hundreds of aid trucks slowly made their way out of a ...

Two powerful offshore earthquakes struck the same region in the southern Philippines hours apart on Friday, with the first 7.4 magnitude temblor killing at least seven people, setting off landslides ...

Another 6.0-magnitude quake struck off the country’s southern coast late on Saturday, e United States Geological Survey ...

People living near coastal areas in the south were "strongly advised to immediately evacuate" to higher ground, or move ...