From hundreds of miles above Earth, a NASA satellite has just watched a giant tsunami unfold in unprecedented detail, turning a once theoretical hazard into something scientists can now see and ...

Japan’s Tohoku University has been developing a unique disaster-prevention system through its Tsunami Balloon Project. The system automatically launches balloon markers into the sky during a tsunami, ...

They may be relatively rare, but they rank among nature’s most destructive forces. This week, we’re exploring the science behind tsunamis. * The word itself means “harbor wave” in Japanese, and it’s ...