Xiaojun "Tom" Wang grew up in the Chinese province of Shanxi, the world's largest coal producer. Each year, more than a billion tons of coal are dug out of Shanxi's mountains, and the impacts are devastating — from massive landslides to...

Sixty-six million years ago, near what’s now the Yucatán Peninsula, a juvenile sauropod feasted on horsetail plants on a riverbank. Earth was a tropical planet. Behemoth and tiny dinosaurs alike soared its skies and roamed its lands...

Megatsunamis are not only much larger than your average tsunami, they also form under different conditions. Good news: they're extremely rare. Bad news: they might not be for long.

The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines on June 15, 1991, was the second largest of the 20th century, sending ash 28 miles into the sky and spreading debris for hundreds of miles. Thanks to early warnings from scientists, over...

This video highlights the efforts of researchers from Durham University's International Landslide Centre in understanding and predicting landslides. Through analyzing soil samples and using techniques like pressure shear measurement and...

The world's largest rainfall simulator, located in Sucuba, Japan, is a vital research facility used to study and prevent natural disasters caused by heavy rainfall, such as flooding and landslides. With 550 nozzles, it can simulate...

Landslides occur in every US state, killing dozens and costing around $4 billion each year. One of the most devastating in US history struck on January 9, 2018 in the town of Montecito, CA. We traveled to Montecito to speak with experts...

Tsunamis are huge volumes of moving water that become monstrous waves when they hit the coast. What causes them and how do they grow to be so dangerous? Earth Science - Geology - Learning Points. Tsunamis are massive volumes of moving...

Explore the critical role trees play in our environment, from providing essential resources like food, shelter, and oxygen to combating climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide. Learn about the challenges of deforestation and how it...

Explore the evolution of flood and landslide management in France, from the historic 1910 Paris flood to modern preventative measures. Discover how innovative engineering, like amphibious buildings and protective nets, safeguards...

Dr. Forrester explains how landslides occur.

Landslides are natural disasters where rocks, dirt, and debris slide down a slope, sometimes resulting in minor disturbances and other times in massive avalanches like the one in Japan. They are typically triggered by factors such as...

We now know about physical and chemical weathering, so now it's time to learn about the different weathering environments. These are fluvial, aeolian, and glacial. Let's start with fluvial, which means environments dominated by flowing...

This video provides an overview of floods, including their causes and different types. It also highlights the potential impacts of prolonged flooding, such as damage to infrastructure and increased risk of waterborne diseases. The video...

This video will focus on the two most common concentrations, labs you can expect to see in this major, and possible career paths you can take. Unlike labs for chemistry, biology, or physics much of the labs that...

Typhoons that routinely hit Taiwan may increase or exacerbate earthquakes across the island, according to a new study.

Science Now 33-In this week’s episode we learn about an app to detect depression, walking efficiency, how babies learn from surprise and finally we explore how high-tech tools are helping researcher better understand how granular...

Scientists are interested in Iapetus, Saturn's third largest moon, because of its massive landslides, long-runout landslides that can travel horizontally as much as 30 times their vertical falling distance. On Earth, landslides typically...

Asking questions helps turn curiosity into inquiry! In this activity, children will learn more about different types/ levels of questions by creating an Inquiry Ladder and challenging themselves to think about bigger, essential questions.

The monsoon is a seasonal rain and wind pattern that occurs over South Asia (among other places). Through NASA satellites and models we can see the monsoon patterns like never before. Monsoon rains provide important...

Rain, snow, hail, ice, and every slushy mix in between make up the precipitation that touches everyone on our planet. But not all places rain equally. Precipitation falls differently in different parts of the world, as you see in NASA's...

Landslides are among the most common and dramatic natural hazards, reshaping landscapes -- and anything in their path. Tracking when and where landslides occur worldwide has historically been difficult, because of the lack of a...

For the first time, scientists can look at landslide threats anywhere around the world in near real-time, thanks to satellite data and a new model developed by NASA.



The model, developed at NASA’s Goddard Space...

NASA scientists are investigating key questions about hurricanes in a new mission from the skies. This August, the East Pacific Origins and Characteristics of Hurricanes, or EPOCH, mission will fly over East Pacific...