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From Japan to Hawaii and California, people were tracking the effects of a tsunami after a powerful earthquake struck overnight in the North Pacific off Russia’s Far East.While Hawaii and parts of California spent hours under a tsunami warning,...

Tsunami hits Hawaii after massive earthquake off Russia sparks Pacific-wide alerts
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Tsunami Waves Hit Hawaii After Massive Quake In Russia’s Far East
A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula triggered 5-metre tsunami waves and prompted evacuation orders across the Pacific, including as far as Hawaii on Wednesday. The shallow earthquake damaged buildings and injured...

Plants have microbiomes like humans do, now scientists have learned how they work
A single teaspoon of healthy soil can hold as many as a billion bacteria, yards of fungal threads, and a menagerie of microscopic grazers. These organisms form the root microbiome, which helps keep plants fed, watered and defended against drought...

Piyush Goyal calls for self-reliance in energy storage via R&D, new technologies
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday (July 10) urged India's energy storage sector to avert uncertainty in supply chains by reducing dependence on imports from a handful of countries by focusing on research and development...

Russia Earthquake Triggers Tsunami: How Deadly Were The 10 Worst Instances The World Witnessed?
Last Updated:July 30, 2025, 14:44 IST Russia Earthquake Triggers Tsunami: Russia's earthquake is tied for the sixth strongest on record, and the strongest since 2011 Japan earthquake which triggered a tsunami Waves from a tsunami hit residences...

Trump's 50 Percent Copper Tariff Will Drive Up Prices for Tech, Homes, Military Equipment, and More
Newly announced tariffs on imported copper might be the Trump administration's most foolish trade policy yet. It is a move that will force American industries to pay significantly higher prices for a metal that is essential for everything from...

Brine new world: technology enhances desalination and lithium mining
Lithium mine in Silver Peak, Nevada, USA. Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and US/Japan ASTER Science Team Engineers have demonstrated a cheaper and more environmentally friendly way to extract valuable resources such as lithium – a...

Tsunami waves reach Hawaii, West Coast hours after magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia
A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami waves that reached Hawaii and the West Coast. While initial warnings prompted evacuations, most were downgraded to advisories as wave heights were less than initially...

Science CNN He’s searching for a human-made problem in areas largely untouched by humans. Answers are just emerging
Crouched low in one of the coldest, remotest places on Earth, polar explorer Alan Chambers searched for an invisible threat. Traveling with fellow former Royal Marine Dave Thomas, he had spent two long months skiing 715 miles (1,151 kilometers) —...

Tsunami warnings explained: What to know, how to stay safe, dos and don'ts after 8.8 Russian earthquake
An earthquake measuring 8.8 magnitude struck off Russia’s eastern seaboard on 29 July, setting off tsunami warnings and watches across a vast stretch of the Pacific. The tremor, one of the strongest recorded in recent history, immediately prompted...

Pacific tsunami warnings downgraded after evacuations
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East today, causing tsunamis up to four metres high across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii to Japan. The magnitude 8.8 quake struck off...
A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami waves up to five metres and sparked evacuation orders in Hawaii and across the Pacific. In Hawaii, coastal residents were told to get to high ground or…
The shallow earthquake on Wednesday damaged buildings and injured several people in the remote Russian region, while much of Japan's eastern seaboard - devastated by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in 2011 - was ordered to evacuate. Tsunami...
Epiroc Wins Large Order in Chile
Epiroc AB has won a large order from mining company Sociedad Punta del Cobre SA (Pucobre) in Chile for a significant fleet of underground mine trucks, as well as digital solutions. Pucobre has ordered a large fleet of Minetruck MT65 S haulers, one...

The Latest: Tsunami waves move across Pacific after 8.8-magnitude earthquake
A tsunami sent waves into Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Russian Far East early Wednesday. It was one of the biggest temblor’s ever recorded....

Small Satellites Market Research And Technology Forecast Report 2025-2033 Democratizing Space Access For Both Established Players And Emerging Market Entrants
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Explore the dynamic growth of the small satellite industry-democratizing space access for commercial and government sectors. This comprehensive report offers insights into market trends, technological innovations,...

Peru Women vs Chile Women Prediction and Betting Tips | July 12th 2025
Peru Women and Chile Women will begin their 2025 Copa America Femenino campaign when they square off on Saturday (July 12th). The game will be played at Estadio Banco Guayaquil. The Peruvians finalized preparations for this tournament with a 3-2...

Millions at risk: Inside the deadly 'Ring of Fire' that could trigger Earth’s next big disaster
From glittering megacities to quiet mountain villages, a vast swathe of humanity lives on the edge, sometimes quite literally, of geological mayhem. Welcome to the Pacific Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped arc of geological chaos that stretches...

Facts about the strongest earthquakes ever recorded
Facts about the strongest earthquakes ever recorded WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. WE BEGIN WITH A LIVE LOOK AT SEATTLE TONIGHT, WHERE OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING OUT FOR A POSSIBLE SET OF TSUNAMI WAVES THAT COULD ARRIVE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THE TSUNAMI...

5 things to know for July 30: Tsunami waves, NYC mass shooting, Emil Bove, Contraception, Climate summit
(CNN) — The soft glow of moonlight usually guides newly hatched loggerhead sea turtles from the beaches of Georgia’s Little St. Simons Island to the ocean. But massive interstate lights are putting the baby turtles in harm’s way. Here’s what else...