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The Olympic Games first began in the ancient Greek city-state of Olympia. For all its fame, the city suffered a mysterious fate, destroyed by an unknown natural disaster. Now it looks like tsunamis were the culprit...despite being 30 kilometers inland. More »
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Want to know where you should live if you are hoping to avoid the next catastrophic earthquake, flood, megavolcano, or storm? Consult our map of disaster hot zones of the world. More »
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After the sea levels rise, airships, rowboats, and gondola lifts with replace New York's subways and taxi cabs. The Aqualta series imagines New York 40 years into the future, when the city's once-crowded streets have filled with quiet waters. More »
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There are people who believe in global warming, and there are people who don't. But mostly, practically speaking, there are just people who try not to think about it. More »
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Waterworld, the Kevin Costner eco-disaster flick that flopped at the box office, turns out to be a lot more prescient than most well-made scifi flicks. Many highly-populated areas of the world that were once safely on dry land have become perpetual flood zones and could slip underwater any year now. For example, several areas in Myanmar were hit with floods this week after Cyclone Nargis (you can see the before and after satellite photos here), and such floods are likely to become more commonplace as as the climate warms. More »
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New York City has been hammered on by both I Am Legend and Cloverfield, as well as a slew of other films. It's been flooded, frozen, ravaged by viruses, and pummeled by monsters. But London has gotten off rather lightly, having merely been hit by one supervirus in 28 Days Later and the sometimes wonky special effects from multiple episodes of Doctor Who. Recently, however, disgruntled Londoners rejoiced when their city was hit by a massive wall of water in the August miniseries Flood. More »
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