Natural Disasters

What’s up with all the shaking in the Caribbean? It’s business as usual on a geologic timescale

The sites are rich in cultural history, but the blazes might also reveal some unknown ones, say archaeologists

Seven nations or territories see their costliest weather disasters in history

The year 2019 ended with a tragic bang, and 2020 is already a busy one for geologic disasters. Here’s the latest

But scientists see chance to control invasive species and study ecosystem disruption

If we can predict hurricanes, floods, and tornados to differing degrees of reliability, why don’t we know when the next big earthquake will come?

The seismic rumblings of the Philippines’ second most active volcano hold clues to what it might do

Rising temperatures and increased deforestation increase the risks for CO₂-emitting fires

The two Atlantic Category 5 hurricanes and three Northwest Pacific Category 5 super typhoons of 2019 set records

A life is lost, homes are damaged and destroyed, and an iconic Puerto Rican landform is no more. Here are what happened and how you can help

The large, intense fires have threatened more than 800 million animals in the state of New South Wales alone, according to one estimate

While California had some success at minimizing wildfires in 2019, much work remains to mitigate flooding