Researchers cited previously published findings that supported defenses for the problem. Researchers issue urgent warning ...

New research adds to our understanding of how rapidly rising sea levels due to climate change foreshadow the end of the Great Barrier Reef as we know it. The findings suggest the reef can withstand ...

For years, João Duarte has puzzled over a seemingly boring underwater expanse off the coast of Portugal. In 1969, this site spawned a massive earthquake that rattled the shore and sparked a tsunami.

As William & Mary launches its Year of the Environment, Ethan Stewart ’25 is breaking boundaries through research that ...

Coastal communities from northern California to British Columbia live atop the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans about ...

The history of humans and nature interacting makes Chicago's Lake Michigan shoreline a perfect laboratory for a course that ...

A new geological fault has started to show signs of movement along the U.S. coastline, and scientists are watching closely.

An earthquake occurred 70 miles south of the Gulf Coast on Friday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A weak ...

Nearly a mile deep, the Pacific Ocean volcano known as Axial Seamount is drawing increasing scrutiny from scientists who only ...

the U.S. Geological Survey reported this week. According to a USGS news release, the Hosston and Travis Peak formations under the western Gulf Coast states could yield as much as 28 million ...

based on the coast geology and evidence in the sediment in coastal marshes. "The dropping of the ground could be something that persists for centuries after the earthquake," said Dura. That kind ...