Living on the edge

Coastal South Asia is fragile and vulnerable to climate change impacts. Yet, governments are setting up industries, ports and promoting tourism …

How vulnerable are India's nuclear power plants to disaster

On the trail of tsunami

Since the 2004 tsunami, scientists have moved closer to understanding and predicting its trigger, the tectonic earthquake. Are governments …

Tsunami 2004: scientists move closer to understanding triggers for tsunamis

There are patterns and rules governing even the greatest earthquakes and tsunamis, helping scientists to anticipate them

Scientists project path of radiation plume from Japan's nuclear reactors

Life post Fukushima

It is one year since the great eastern Japan earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster ravaged Japan. How is the country coping?  …

7.8 magnitude temblor rocks Indonesia, tsunami warnings issued and withdrawn later

No loss of life has been reported yet

Making waves: the tsunami risk in Australia

Australia is surrounded by ocean, so it is not immune to the effects of tsunamis. But how significant is the risk?

Japan earthquake triggers Fukushima meltdown fear

The US Geological Survey measured the earthquake at 6.9, down from an initial 7.3

Remembering Tsunami of 2004

After 12 years of the Tsunami, DTE relives the disaster

Twelve years later, impact of Tsunami still makes waves

Down To Earth revists the causes of the massive earthquake that triggered tsunami 12 years ago and the progress scientists have made towards …

Southern Chile hit by 7.6-magnitude earthquake; infrastructural damage reported

Though there were at least dozens of weaker aftershocks, damage was restricted to the highway that runs across Chiloe Island

Six years on, authorities clueless about Fukushima

Abnormally high radiation preventing humans and robots from cleaning the damaged reactors

Earthquake of magnitude 8.1 strikes Mexico; at least 15 killed

Its epicentre was 123 km (76 miles) southwest of the town of Pijijiapan, at a depth of 33 km

Tsunami forecast set to move to the next level

A new tool will help disaster management authorities to know how far the waves will move into the land at different places along the Indian coast

India jumps to fourth place in computing capacity for weather forecasting

The super computer, Pratyush will help in major improvements in various services offered by institutions under the Ministry of Earth Sciences for …

A monster earthquake hits Honduras; Tsunami alert issued in other Caribbean nations

The 7.6 magnitude earthquake rattled windows and shook the mainland, triggering Tsunami fears in surrounding nations

A 7.9-magnitude earthquake hits off Alaska coast; Tsunami warming across US west coast, Canada

It happened hours after the coast of Java in Indonesia was struck by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake

Even a modest rise in sea level would heighten tsunami threat globally: study

The capacity for a single tsunami event to devastate coastal areas is rarely considered in coastal planning

Earthquake, tsunami kill 844 in Indonesia

The death toll is expected to rise further because the authorities have not reached all affected areas yet

Is India better prepared if a 2004-like tsunami strikes again?

Next month will mark 14 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami killed thousands 

Why Indonesia needs better tsunami warning systems

Experts believe that massive underwater landslides following the Anak Krakatau volcanic eruption are responsible for the latest tsunami, but more …

In photos, the cost of a natural disaster

A new report by reinsurance giant Munich Re reveals that natural disasters caused global economic damage upto $160 billion in 2018. As per the …

Social media videos can unravel reason behind a giant tsunami

Researchers use 38 such videos of the tsunami to reconstruct Indonesia earthquake

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 30, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal