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December 7, 2015

Volcanic eruption creates new island far south of Japan

A volcanic eruption has raised an island in the seas to the far south of Tokyo, the Japanese coast guard and earthquake experts said.

December 7, 2015

Britain braces for more flooding, high winds as deadly storms continue

Residents on many of Britain’s coasts braced for more deadly storms Monday as forecasters predicted high winds and waves of up to 32-feet striking southwest England, Wales, and western Scotland.  

December 4, 2015

Italian disaster experts resign, shaken by predecessors' convictions in quake trial

Four top Italian disaster experts quit their posts Tuesday, saying the manslaughter convictions of former colleagues for failing to warn of a 2009 earthquake means they can't effectively perform their duties.

December 2, 2015

Indonesia cave shows tsunamis dating back 7,500 years at 2004 site, may hold clues for future

A cave discovered near the source of Indonesia's massive earthquake-spawned tsunami contains the footprints of past gigantic waves dating up to 7,500 years ago, a rare natural record that suggests the next disaster could be centuries away — or perhaps only decades.

November 19, 2015

Drought drops an important California lake near the 'dead zone'

It was already one of the most iconic visuals of California's historic drought, and things have only gotten worse.

November 13, 2015

Stunning NASA image shows the power of tropical cyclone Kate

NASA has illustrated the power of Kate, the twelfth named tropical cyclone of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, in this stunning image.

November 5, 2015

Welcome to Hell: Photographer documents Africa’s e-waste nightmare

Slag heaps of rusting electronics, old refrigerators and monitors are scattered everywhere in Agbogbloshie, a dumping ground in Ghana for electronic waste from the rest of the world -- including the United States.

November 4, 2015

New tech helps pilots navigate dangerous volcanic ash plumes

New technology to detect volcanic ash that threatens airplanes could help prevent a repeat of the air traffic chaos that followed a 2010 volcanic eruption in Iceland

October 26, 2015

Could worsening heat make the Persian Gulf uninhabitable?

Temperatures in the Persian Gulf could reach levels by the end of the century that would be extreme for most people, making some of the poorest regions inhospitable and posing significant challenges to the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

October 21, 2015

Mummified fetus reveals ancient surgical procedure

A 19th-century mummified fetus that underwent an ancient surgical procedure while in its mother's womb has been discovered by researchers in Italy, according to a new report