KODIAK ISLAND — Alders, alders, everywhere. When you follow scientists in the Alaska wilderness, you’ll almost certainly get alder-snagged. In November, near Homer, alders grew considerately on ...

LOS ANGELES — When an earthquake strikes, like the SoCal shaker in 2024, those few seconds before it hits can make all the difference. Today, ShakeAlert operates across California, Oregon and ...

China's national earthquake early warning project, the largest in the world, has officially entered full operation after five years of construction, making people in populous and quake-prone areas ...

Research on new apps that could improve earthquake warning using GPS has highlighted how combining different data streams, from seismometers to satellite navigation, can make alerts faster and more ...

Türkiye is no stranger to earthquakes. In February 2023, a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck near the Türkiye-Syria border, followed by another nearly as strong. Six Turkish universities ...

AI may improve natural disaster prediction through faster data analysis, early warning systems, and machine learning support.

Earthquake early warning times for a magnitude-9 event with an epicenter in southern Oregon. With a lower alert threshold (left) some locations closest to the source feel the ground shake before the ...