Tsunami

WASHINGTON — Climate scientist Sarah Cooley has been fired, rehired and fired again. Cooley joined the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last year to lead the agency's efforts to address ocean acidification. Now she is one of hundreds of probationary workers at NOAA whose jobs were slashed by the Trump administration in February. When a federal court blocked the move weeks later, the workers were…

When a 5.2 earthquake hit near San Diego yesterday, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park caught its elephants on video taking action to protect their young, forming what experts call an "alert circle."

LONDON, Apr 15 (IPS) - It is now official that the European continent is experiencing the fastest rate of global warming, according to a new scientific report released by Europe's Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Last year record temperatures, heatwaves, and floods unleashed a massive toll on infrastructure, cities, economies, and people's lives and livelihoods in…

COMMENT FROM LONDON: Macron and Starmer are fucking crazy; Starmer yesterday said, "Russia is scared of our nuclear weapons," like Russia couldn't vaporise

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration workers experienced a kind of whiplash as the government tried to reinstate probationary employees who had been fired.

Buried "megaripples" — some the size of five-story buildings — are helping scientists piece together the devastation following the impact that wiped out the nonavian dinosaurs.

A Swedish investigation reveals misleading climate claims from the United Nations, raising concerns about integrity in climate discussions.

Explore the inevitable rise of AI and robots, their impact on human labor, and how we can prepare for a future of superabundance and technological disruption.

I'm a meteorologist, and breaking NOAA would undermine journalists' ability to cover the story our audiences care about most.

The Trump administration cut about 600 workers at the National Weather Service and NOAA. That could hinder work on programs designed for public safety, former employees said.

The Trump administration says cuts are coming to NOAA. Without its weather forecasting, insurance companies may refuse to provide coverage in high-risk areas.

The way the terminations have been carried out will undermine the efficiency and productivity of workers left behind, expert says.

Mike Macans is one of an unknown number of Small Business Administration employees who were fired, unfired and fired again as part of the Trump administration's deep cuts to the federal workforce.

NASA said Wednesday that new data collected overnight cut the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1.5%. The chances of impact had been 3.1%.

The 7.6-magnitude tremor struck south of the Cayman Islands on Saturday. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Amid a tsunami of early shakeups in the new administration, President Donald Trump has twice this month suggested "denuclearization" talks with America's adversaries.

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of lives upended by the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima.

After Donald Trump's reckless bonfire of safeguards, our best plan is to become tech champions ourselves

Twenty years ago, the world was stunned by the Asian tsunami, whose towering waves killed an estimated 230,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and other countries the day after Christmas.