Massive meteorites likely slammed into a Martian ocean billions of years ago, unleashing tsunami waves up to 120 meters tall, a close study of a region of the Red Planet's terrain has found.
tsunamis & storm surges
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Undersea Data Tie Slow Fault Slip to Tsunami-Causing Quakes
Slow events might help scientists better understand when and why tsunami-generating earthquakes occur.
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Unknown Tsunami Trigger Hides Along a Creeping Aleutian Fault
A seismically quiet part of the Aleutian Subduction Zone may have caused tsunamis in the past—and may cause future tsunamis that could travel across the Pacific Ocean.
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Tsunami Forecast System Could Provide Early Warnings in Japan
New simulations show that an array of sensors mounted to the ocean floor can capture tsunami size and wavelength.
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Mysterious Boulders Suggest Ancient 800-Foot-Tall Tsunami
The suspected sudden collapse of a nearby volcano's flank may have triggered an enormous wave that carried large boulders high onto Santiago Island in Cape Verde, a new study finds.
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Engineering Climate Change Resilience into New York Subways
Impending renovations presented at a conference on transportation systems and climate extremes would keep hurricane-driven waters out of subsurface transit tunnels.
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Does U.S. Hurricane Rating Scale Get the Danger Right?
Some scientists think it's time to retire the Saffir-Simpson scale and start fresh.
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Sea Level Rise Added $2 Billion to Sandy's Toll in New York City
The storm surge affected 11.4% more people and 11.6% more housing units than it would have without sea level rise.
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Tracking Down a Subduction Zone Earthquake
Researchers use computer simulations to find the date and earthquake source of an ancient tsunami that deposited sediment in a Hawaii sinkhole.
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Flood Risk from Storm Surge is Increasing in New York
Rediscovered historical records of sea level in New York Harbor show the increasing threat of storm surges.