Tsunami Articles

• Oceanography
  Landslides
  Water
  Floods
  Environmental Science
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  Coastal erosion

  Coastal erosion is common phrase referring to the loss of subaerial landmass into a sea or lake due to natural processes such as waves, winds and tides, or even due to human interference. Large ... > more
• Severe Weather
  Weather
  Storms
  Floods
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Tornadoes
   
  

  Severe weather terminology (United States)

  This article describes severe weather terminology used by the U.S. National Weather Service. The National Weather Service has developed a multi-tier concept for forecasting all types of hazardous ... > more
• Severe Weather
  Weather
  Storms
  Tornadoes
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Geomagnetic Storms
   

  Derecho

  A derecho is a widespread and long-lived, violent convectively induced windstorm that is associated with a fast-moving band of severe thunderstorms usually taking the form of a bow echo. Derechos are ... > more
• Oceanography
  Floods
  Geography
  Landslides
  Global Warming
  Ecology
   
  

  Coast

  The coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the ocean. A coastline is properly, a line on a map indicating the disposition of a coast but the word is often used to refer to the ... > more
• Global Warming
  Ice Ages
  Snow and Avalanches
  Oceanography
  Water
  Climate
   
  

  Glacier

  A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. A glacier is formed by multi-year ice accretion in sloping terrain. Glaciers can be found on ... > more
• Fossils
  Paleontology
  Dinosaurs
  Early Climate
  Early Mammals
  Ecology
   
  

  Trace fossil

  Trace fossils are those details preserved in rocks that are indirect evidence of life. While we are most familiar with relatively spectacular fossil hard part remains such as shells and bones, trace ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Weather
  Storms
  Climate
  Geography
   
  

  National Hurricane Center

  The U.S. National Hurricane Center is the division of National Weather Service's Tropical Prediction Center responsible for tracking and predicting the likely behavior of tropical depressions, ... > more
• Fossils
  Geography
  Geology
  Origin of Life
  Extinction
  Environmental Policy
   

  Paleozoic

  The Paleozoic Era is a major division of the geologic timescale, one of four geologic eras. The Paleozoic includes six geologic periods; from oldest to youngest -- the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, ... > more
• Extinction
  Dinosaurs
  Endangered Animals
  Endangered Plants
  Fossils
  Early Climate
   
  

  Extinction event

  An extinction event (also extinction-level event, ELE) occurs when a large number of species die out in a relatively short period of time. Since life began on Earth, a number of major mass ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Environmental Science
  Nuclear Energy
  Petroleum
  Energy Technology
   
  

  Future energy development

  Energy development is the ongoing effort to provide abundant and accessible energy, through knowledge, skills and constructions. When harnessing energy from primary energy sources and converting them ... > more

Search ScienceDaily