Natural Disasters
Whales Struggled to Find Food After New Zealand’s 2016 Earthquake
Sperm whales are at the top of the food chain, and the effects of undersea landslides rippled up
To Study Mass Die-Offs, Scientists Dumped 15 Tons of Feral Pig Carcasses Into a Field
The rotting, putrefying bodies flooded with insects, attracted scavengers and devastated local plants and microbes
Nearly a Decade After Fukushima, Photos Capture Residents' Bittersweet Return
A new photo series titled “Restricted Residence” features 42 thermal images of locals and their changed landscape
Australia’s National Park Staff Is Now Air-Dropping Food to Wallabies
Wallabies often survive the bushfires, but their natural food sources do not
Watch the Spectacular Eruption of One of Mexico’s Most Active Volcanoes
Officials say no one was hurt in the explosion. But over in the Philippines, a brewing eruption in threatens to be more severe
How Haiti’s Devastating Earthquake Prompted a Worldwide Effort to Safeguard Cultural Heritage
To safeguard cultural heritage, a massive Smithsonian-led cultural rescue operation can now be mobilized to help countries recover from disaster
Viking Runestone May Trace Its Roots to Fear of Extreme Weather
Sweden’s Rök stone, raised by a father commemorating his recently deceased son, may contain allusions to an impending period of catastrophic cold
Photographs From One of the World's Most Troubled, and Least Understood, Regions
A photojournalist journeys to the Sahara-Sahel desert of remote northern Africa to catalogue the state of emergency on the ground
A Spacecraft Will Follow NASA's Asteroid-Smashing Mission to Measure the Effects of the Impact
The European Space Agency's Hera mission will collect data after NASA's DART mission impacts the asteroid Didymos B
How the New York City Subway Is Preparing for Climate Change
“We’re doing this because climate change is real,” the MTA account wrote on Twitter after a local shared a snapshot of a flooded subway entrance
José Andrés' Generous Helping of Humanity
Braving storms, floods and earthquakes, the renowned chef is forging a new way to feed the needy
The True Story of the Aberfan Disaster
The 1966 Welsh mining tragedy claimed the lives of 116 children and 28 adults and features heavily in the third season of Netflix's "The Crown"
Three Cows Swept Away by Hurricane Dorian Have Been Found Alive
Officials think the brave bovines swam between four and five miles to the Cape Lookout National Seashore
Venice Declares State of Emergency as City Battles Worst Floods in 50 Years
The Italian city’s high-water mark reached 74 inches on Tuesday
Northern California Cuts Power to 700,000 Homes and Businesses in an Effort to Prevent Fires
In an unprecedented move intended to reduce fire risk, power will be purposefully cut in 34 California counties, an outage that may last up to a week
Did a 1964 Earthquake Bring a Dangerous Fungus to the Pacific Northwest?
A new study posits that tsunamis triggered by the Great Alaska Earthquake washed Cryptococcus gattii onto the shore
What Happened the Day a Giant, Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Hit the Earth
Using rock cores from Chicxulub crater, geologists piece together a new timeline of the destruction that followed impact
Hurricanes Are Making This Spider Species More Aggressive
The new findings have broader implications for understanding extreme weather events’ effects on animal behavior
The Arctic Is Experiencing Its Worst Wildfire Season on Record
Arctic infernos released 50 megatons of carbon dioxide—the equivalent of Sweden’s total annual emissions—into the atmosphere in June alone
From Baked Dormouse to Carbonized Bread, 300 Artifacts Show What Romans Ate
The show features frescoes, preserved fruit, cooking utensils and vessels recovered from Pompeii
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