The Atlantic is very wide and has a huge tidal range, meaning that a great mass of water rises there twice a day. The Mediterranean is by comparison very small, with very little tidal range. The two ...

High pressure centered over New Mexico will stay in place through Tuesday. As a result, expect very little change through Friday, with temperatures just below normal and a coastal marine layer. Update ...

On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake off northern Sumatra unleashed one of the worst disasters in human history, killing an estimated 230,000 people and causing vast environmental harm. However, it ...

Much of the West Coast of the U.S. is under tsunami alerts, after one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded struck eastern Russia and sent powerful waves into Japan, Hawaii, California and counting ...

Last Friday, March 27, marked the 62nd anniversary of the Good Friday Alaska earthquake and tidal wave. Kodiak was hit hard by the disaster tsunami which claimed the lives of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Will McGough writes about travel destinations and outdoor adventures. Hawai‘i’s remote location in the center of the Pacific Ocean ...

Thankfully, the tsunami advisory that was put out late Tuesday into Wednesday for Santa Cruz County coastal areas did not mean any major damage to low-lying areas — including the Santa Cruz Harbor, ...