Weather Risk

Changes in the climate have the potential to produce significant changes in the risk posed by natural hazards around the world.

Changes in the climate have the potential to produce significant changes in the risk posed by natural hazards around the world.

Environmentalists are on edge as the Costa Concordia cruise liner, which crashed on the Italian island of Giglio two-and-a-half years ago, is dragged through 200 nautical miles of the Mediterranean Sea.

Despite advances in weather technology, storm predictions are still difficult.

Despite advances in weather technology, storm predictions are still difficult.

New USGS maps show how intense ground shaking could be across the nation

Officials suspect jetliner was shot down by ground-to-air missile.

Officials suspect jetliner was shot down by ground-to-air missile.