The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.6 (and several big aftershocks) have struck off the western coast of Indonesia, setting off tsunami warnings all across the Indian Ocean.
With the threat to Alaska's marine life looming, United States Coast Guard brought an end to the eerie story of Japan's drifting ghost ship by unleashing cannon fire and sinking the vessel in what experts deemed the most environmentally-safe location on Thursday.
ClimateWire on Chinese food woes in China, Le Monde on Shanghai's sinking, CNN on a green tsunami cleanup, Van Jones on eco-jobs, and Climate Central's flooding maps
On the first anniversary of the biggest natural disaster in Japan's history, an index of relevant numbers.
In one of the more disturbing things you'll hear out of Japan, the manager of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant is blaming the plant's sharply rising temperatures (a possible sign of radiation leaks) on a faulty thermometer, telling journalists on Monday that they'll hopefully allow people back to their homes soon.
Indonesia's government briefly issued a tsunami warning after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake near the island of Sumatra, but it appears there was no significant damage.
Discovered: Japan's Tsunami debris will hit U.S. shores in the next few months, more proof that our music listening habits are harmful, smelly feet attract mosquitoes, chimps understand each other's mind-sets.
Since the March 2011 tsunami devastated Japan, U.S. officials have wondered when the random, and gruesome-sounding, assortment of debris would start washing up on West Coast shores, and now, they have an answer.
A searing essay about the tsunami's surprising survivor; a long talk with Murakami
His successor will be the seventh Japanese leader since 2006
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