The Map Scroll

Via Jeff Masters , an animation of the Japanese tsunami's propagation across the Pacific basin: The abstract yet brute physicality of th...

There was an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile this morning. That is one of the ten strongest quakes in history, and a hundred times stronge...

Some countries have been historically lucky. Some have been unlucky. And then there is Haiti. I've always rooted for Haiti - how can you...

Tired of the staid monotony that is life in the 21st Century? Feel like there just aren't enough calamities in the day? Crave the delici...

Andrew C. Revkin points to a UN study on the risk of death from natural disasters around the globe. This is from a map based on the study: ...