The resulting sea level rise will lead to significant flood risks for huge areas of land, making recovery even harder.

Far beneath the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, at depths ranging from 900 to 1200 kilometers, researchers have uncovered ...

The 1980 eruption cycle made Mount St. Helens one of the most famous volcanoes in the Cascades. But it is far from the only ...

Importantly, this indicates that even the upper sea level rise bounds are within the survival limits of resilient reef ...

A Virginia Tech study highlights the potential for a mega-tsunami triggered by a major earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction ...

Researchers developed a fourth-generation buoy in Seattle that can detect an earthquake-triggered tsunami 10-15 minutes ...

By luck of geology, the Pacific Northwest coast isn’t being hit nearly as hard as other areas of the world by climate change-driven sea level rise.

Around 90 percent of the world's quakes pop off in the disjointed string of subduction zones that trace the so-called ring of fire, which stretches in an arc around the Pacific Ocean from the ...

Coastal communities from northern California to British Columbia live atop the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans about ...

The tsunami wave from an anticipated earthquake off the West Coast could reach 100 feet and permanently flood parts of the ...

A new study from Virginia Tech warns that large swaths of the Pacific Northwest, including Northern California, Oregon, and ...

A new study from researchers at Virginia Tech says that there is an increased risk of flooding and tsunamis in the Pacific ...