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  1. Anak Krakatau eruption eases but more flights are canceled in Indonesia

    JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia extended the closure of several airports and shifted schools to remote learning in…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AsiaPacific #Business #CA #Canada #Generalnews #Indonesia #InternationalNews #Science #Tsunamis #Volcanoes #Worldnews
    newsbeep.com/722524/

  2. The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world | Bill McGuire
    By Bill McGuire

    In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggered

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #NepalTibetflooddisaster #Climatecrisis #Flooding #Earthquakes #Tsunamis #Landslides #Naturaldisasters #Volcanoes #Glaciers #Environment #Extremeweather #TheGuardian #BillMcGuire

  3. @oldrawgabbit There's a book by Prof Bill McGuire called Waking the Giant: How a changing #climate triggers #tsunamis, #earthquakes and #volcanoes

    It is high time we no longer call them 'Natural Disasters' but human-caused catastrophes

  4. 2/2

    The Gulf of Mexico is merely a synonym for this effect - THIS CAN also happen to us in the Mediterranean.

    The strong winds whip up the water, which in turn affects the seabed ... I can't say what THAT means for some #geologically sensitive areas ( Santorini & Columbus submarine🌋 immediately come to mind, as do the tectonic plates )

    #Earthquakes and active #volcanoes along subduction zones can also trigger #tsunamis in the #Mediterranean region.

    eskp.de/en/natural-hazards/tsu

    #climatechange

  5. France Spain & Canada seem to have the worst of it at the moment. #GlobalBoiling #Fires #Earthquakes #Tsunamis #Flooding are predicted to bring the destruction of the human species (among many mamals) ....
    youtu.be/xkVnoh8bnSY?si=V1C8mC

  6. RE: boriken.social/@Jdm2/116807527

    #tsunamis en el Mar #Caribe son muy raros. los que han azotado al área oeste fueron consecuencias de temblores en el Atlántico. tiene que ser un terremoto bastante impactante para que pongan el alerta.

    este #maremoto si le da a #PuertRico, puede que sea por el sureste; así que ojo desde #Vieques y #Culebra hasta el área de #Ponce.

    #terremotos #Venezuela #earthquakes

  7. #MangroveForests are healing after decades of human destruction

    by Matt McGrath and Esme Stallard
    June 4, 2026

    "The world's coastal #mangrove forests, which protect millions of people from storms - and soak up vast amounts of planet-warming gases - are staging an unexpected comeback, scientists find.

    "For decades these swampy trees had been declining rapidly as they were cleared for fish farms and housing.

    "But a new study shows that since 2010 the world has been gaining more mangroves than it has been losing - driven by stronger #LegalProtections and increased #PublicAwareness of their importance, sparked by disasters such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

    "The researchers say the key factor though is the remarkable capacity of these forests to #regenerate naturally once humans stop chopping them down.

    "Mangroves are one of the world's unsung #environmental heroes.

    "Not only do they store up to five times more #CarbonDioxide than land-based forests, but their tangled roots can also slow down waves and protect coastal communities from #StormSurges and #tsunamis.

    "These same roots provide a perfect nursery for many species of fish and other #MarineLife - protecting them from predators and providing ample food.

    "These benefits, though, have come under serious threat over the past century as the rise of fish farming, agriculture and the expansion of coastal cities and towns have seen mangroves chopped down and rapidly removed.

    "From the 1980s to 2010, over 12,000 sq km (4,600 sq miles) of mangroves were cleared or destroyed across #Asia, #Africa and the #Americas - an area the size of Jamaica.

    "However, the new study shows a real reversal of that trend, particularly over the last decade. The total net losses - the forest lost and not replaced - since the 1980s have now been reduced to around 849 sq km (328 sq miles)."

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cn4pk07n

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/EX19Y

    #SolarPunkSunday #FishNurseries #Mangroves #RestoreNature #CoastalRewilding #RestoringMangroves
    #PreserveNature #OceansAreLife

  8. Seismic study reveals hidden #megathrust #earthquake risk off #BritishColumbia

    by Francesco Fiondella, Earth Institute at Columbia University
    July 21, 2025

    "A new study published in Science Advances has revealed the first detailed images of a newly developing #SubductionZone off the coast of British Columbia's Haida Gwaii archipelago.

    "The international team of researchers collected the data for this study during a 2021 cruise by the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's research vessel, the Marcus G. Langseth. They used a 15-kilometer-long underwater cable equipped with thousands of underwater microphones, called hydrophones, in the area off northern British Columbia to map the deep structure of Earth's subsurface.

    "Their data confirmed that the #QueenCharlotteFaultSystem can generate powerful megathrust earthquakes, which are capable of producing strong shaking and #tsunamis.

    "Megathrusts are found in areas where one tectonic plate dives beneath another, in this case the Pacific plate being pushed under the North American plate. This area is known for generating powerful tremors. In fact, the Queen Charlotte fault system represents the greatest seismic hazard in Canada, producing the country's largest recorded earthquake in 1949 and a notable earthquake in 2012 that created a tsunami.

    " 'This region is actively becoming a subduction zone, so understanding the fault structure here tells us about the early stages of subduction zone development,' says lead author Collin Brandl, a postdoctoral research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, part of the Columbia Climate School.

    " 'Our study provides the first direct observations of the Haida Gwaii thrust, the 'megathrust' of this system, which can help improve hazard analysis in the region, better preparing residents for future earthquakes and tsunamis.' "

    Source:
    phys.org/news/2025-07-seismic-

  9. Was #Vulkaninseln ausmacht, warum sie zerbrechlich sind und was das mit #Tsunamis zu tun hat, erklärt Geophysiker Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt morgen, 27.09., um 11.15 Uhr in seinem Vortrag beim Wissenschaftsfestival #HighlightsDerPhysik und im Livestream. #hdp2023

    highlights-physik.de/programm