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Topic: Tsunamis

Photo showing NOAA DART buoy floating in the water.

Biden-Harris Administration invests $30M to improve tsunami ocean-observing system through Investing in America agenda

May 17, 2024

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measurements and observations

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Inflation Reduction Act

Photo showing NOAA DART buoy floating in the water.

Photo of the u-tube tsunameter used on USC&GS Ship Pathfinder until 1970 to warn of impending tsunamis.

Friday Find: Mystery tide and tsunami detector

August 11, 2023

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extreme weather

Photo of the u-tube tsunameter used on USC&GS Ship Pathfinder until 1970 to warn of impending tsunamis.

Screenshot of a simulation demonstrating data from asteroid impact that likely wiped out nearly all the dinosaurs and roughly three-quarters of the planet’s plant and animal species.

Watch: First global simulation of megatsunami following ancient asteroid impact

January 30, 2023

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Science On a Sphere

Screenshot of a simulation demonstrating data from asteroid impact that likely wiped out nearly all the dinosaurs and roughly three-quarters of the planet’s plant and animal species.

Maximum tsunami wave amplitude, in centimeters, following the asteroid impact 66 million years ago.

Study: Ancient asteroid triggered megatsunami that had global impacts

October 17, 2022

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Maximum tsunami wave amplitude, in centimeters, following the asteroid impact 66 million years ago.

technicians workin on a TAO buoy on the open sea with an approaching ship in the distance

Ocean and coastal observing systems - National Weather Service

May 24, 2022

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

measurements and observations

El Nino, La Nina, ENSO

technicians workin on a TAO buoy on the open sea with an approaching ship in the distance

Satellite imagery of the Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the South Pacific Ocean on January 15, 2022.

NOAA helps fill critical communication gaps in wake of Tonga Tsunami

February 7, 2022

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Satellite imagery of the Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the South Pacific Ocean on January 15, 2022.

A Lake Michigan meteotsunami on April 13, 2018 unleashes a waterfall that cascades over the breakwater during the event near the lighthouse off Ludington, Michigan.

NOAA study of 'rare' Great Lakes wave shows promise of forecasting meteotsunamis

March 31, 2021

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A Lake Michigan meteotsunami on April 13, 2018 unleashes a waterfall that cascades over the breakwater during the event near the lighthouse off Ludington, Michigan.

A view of Barry Glacier, Alaska. (undated photo.) Credit: NOAA.

Mapping the seafloor for signs of tsunami risk in Alaska's waters

September 11, 2020

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nautical charts and maps

A view of Barry Glacier, Alaska. (undated photo.) Credit: NOAA.

Stormy weather over the ocean can sometimes fuel the development of meteotsunamis, a series of waves typically much smaller and less destructive than those associated with seismically generated tsunamis.

Podcast: Heard of meteotsunamis? Tune in to our chat with a NOAA oceanographer

July 25, 2019

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Stormy weather over the ocean can sometimes fuel the development of meteotsunamis, a series of waves typically much smaller and less destructive than those associated with seismically generated tsunamis.

Stormy weather over the ocean can sometimes fuel the development of meteotsunamis, a series of waves typically much smaller and less destructive than those associated with seismically generated tsunamis.

You might not have noticed, but about 25 meteotsunamis hit the East Coast each year

April 11, 2019

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Stormy weather over the ocean can sometimes fuel the development of meteotsunamis, a series of waves typically much smaller and less destructive than those associated with seismically generated tsunamis.

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