Natural Disasters

Earth is shifting into a La Niña period, changing climate patterns all around the globe

Years of careful planning helped safeguard against last weekend’s severe space weather, but we still don’t know how we’d cope with a monster event

From Gaza to India to the Philippines, climate change exacerbated often record-breaking extreme heat over the past month

Floods, wildfires, droughts and earthquakes forced more than 26 million people to leave their homes in 2023

An active hurricane season could be in store because of ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic that broke records for more than a year

Astronomy’s future may be slipping away—one climate disaster at a time

Homes that survive wildfire flames but that are still affected by smoke, soot and ash is a growing issue for homeowners and insurers, as is the question of how to best remediate the problem

Someday an unlucky outburst from our sun could strike Earth and fry most of our electronics—and we’ve already had some too-close-for-comfort near misses

Compound events in which coastal flooding and heat waves occur at the same time are happening more often as the planet warms

After an unexpected magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattled the New York City area, questions abound regarding how likely it is that a major earthquake could occur there and whether the city is prepared

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck near Lebanon, N.J., at 10:23 A.M. EDT. Shaking was felt over a broad area, including parts of New York State, Pennsylvania and Connecticut

An earthquake scientist discusses what we know about Taiwan’s magnitude 7. quake so far and what may happen next