Search

Showing results for

Content type

Article Type

Topics

Tags

A real-time monitoring system helps to forecast and track tsunamis before they reach shore, giving people a chance to move to higher ground.
Video

Tracking Tsunamis

Watch the Video
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

What Could a Hurricane do to my home?

Read the Full Overview
It is estimated that the March 11, 2011 earthquake in Japan was 1,000 times more powerful than the quake that struck Haiti in 2010. Watch as Smithsonian geologist Dr. Liz Cottrell explains this and more about the major earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Video

Understanding the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Watch the Video
Screenshot from video of an aerial view of the ocean drilling vessel Chikyu.
Video

The Ocean Drilling Vessel Chikyu

Watch the Video
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

What is El Nino?

Read the Full Overview
A bridge is flooded in Oklahoma after a hurricane
Photo

Flooding Waters

View Image
A wave curls near the shore.
Photo

The Importance of a Wave

View Image
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

Wave Size and Depth

Read the Full Overview
A screenshot from the video showing equipment on a research vessel.
Video

Wavechasers and the Samoan Passage

Watch the Video
On August 23, 2011 a 5.8 earthquake emanated from the little-known Central Virginia Seismic Zone. The epicenter was near Mineral, VA, but the tremor shook homes, schools, and office buildings in Washington, DC and beyond. In this brief video, Smithsonian e
Video

Demonstrating an Earthquake's Seismic Waves

Watch the Video
Hurricane Katrina
Photo

Hurricane Katrina Swirls Over the Gulf of Mexico

View Image
a large storm wave crashes over a lighthouse at the end of a pier
Photo

Storm Waves Strike

View Image