People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

The Bureau of Meteorology says tsunamis that affect Australia are more likely to result in dangerous rips and currents (a marine threat) than cause land inundation (a land threat). When the ...

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It is interesting to note, as Yossi Klein Halevi, Donniel Hartman, and other commentators observed, Israel is now safer ...

Did you feel it? The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network says a 4.7 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Oregon Friday ...

At a big picture level, New Zealand’s National Tsunami Hazard Model tells us that Wellington’s biggest tsunamis are infrequent (e.g., 8-10m heights at the coast on average every 2500 years). That is ...

A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...

In 2016, a rising Australian tennis star was suspended for throwing a set in a low-level tournament. It was a sadly common ...

Here’s how it works. One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest.

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Waves are on the way. Plan ahead with 16 day forecasts.