Last summer, a massive landslide slid into a fjord south of Juneau, Alaska, producing an enormous surge of water that ran up ...

New satellite images are helping scientists understand a major tsunami that changed the landscape of a popular tourist ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive explore catastrophic tsunami science and the overwhelming forces behind the most ...

In 2025, the retreating South Sawyer Glacier in Alaska's Tracy Arm, a fjord near Juneau, triggered a large landslide. As debris from the landslide smashed into the water, it triggered a megatsunami ...

The French Riviera may look like an unlikely place for a tsunami disaster, but scientists warn the threat is far more real ...

The world’s second-tallest tsunami wave on record tore through the remote Tracy Arm fjord in Alaska last August, leaving immense destruction in its wake. Scientists have made it possible for you to ex ...

If you’re one of the roughly 1.6 million people who took a cruise in Alaska last year, chances are you sailed through the Tracy Arm fjord. The picturesque, narrow fjord is a pop ...

They may be relatively rare, but they rank among nature’s most destructive forces. This week, we’re exploring the science behind tsunamis. * The word itself means “harbor wave” in Japanese, and it’s ...

New research demonstrates shipborne navigation systems have potential to improve tsunami detection and warning. Landslide-generated tsunamis pose a serious risk to coastal communities, particularly ...

A tsunami that struck an Alaskan fjord in 2025 sloshed higher than the height of the top floor of One World Trade Center in New York, new research shows. The study, published May 6 in the journal ...

Tsunamis are among the most catastrophic natural hazards, triggered by seismic and non-seismic events, such as underwater earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, atmospheric disturbances, and ...