Help decide what MARTA's new rail car fleet should look like! Review, rate and comment on 8 options across 4 design themes: itsmarta.com/yourride.aspx

Our new research in Nature Communications shows sea-level rise exposes the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to higher impacts from Alaskan tsunamis. By 2100, a tsunami from a M8 Alaskan earthquake causes similar impacts in CA to waves from an Alaskan M9.1 today. rdcu.be/cCQl7

"This exterior design showcases the iconic MARTA colors alongside the railcar, carrying your eye down the length of the train, capturing the speed of the train while highlighting its modern sleek design. The first one will pull into metro Atlanta in 2023!" --Jeffrey Parker

Tonga's Hunga Tonga volcano just had one of the most violent volcano eruptions ever captured on satellite.

The volcanic eruption in Tonga this month unleashed an atmospheric shockwave that radiated out at close to the speed of sound, pushing large waves across the Pacific to the shores of Japan and Peru, thousands of kilometres away. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Volcano-triggered tsunamis are exceptionally rare, which means the world's forecasting and warning systems aren't well equipped to deal with the aftermath. My latest for Reuters. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

CEE professor Hermann Fritz spoke with Reuters about how forecasting models and warning systems do not account for the boosting effects of shockwaves from a volcanic eruption—a rarity compared to those triggered by earthquakes #georgiatech ➡️reut.rs/3sg6E8l

Florida International University has received $12.8 million to design a facility that will test a structure’s ability to withstand 200 mph winds and a 20-foot ocean surge. wapo.st/3K1A8hI

🚄 BIG NEWS: Sen. Jon Ossoff's push to begin planning Atlanta to Savannah high-speed rail passed Congress tonight with bipartisan support. Sen. Jon Ossoff secured $8 million to begin the planning of a high-speed rail link between Atlanta and Savannah.

What's the tallest wave ever recorded on Earth? trib.al/S0a2nPU

You might be surprised by what city is the tsunami capital of the continental U.S.! Crescent City, California has been hit by tsunamis more than 30 times since 1933. Why do you think that is? Get the answer on tomorrow's episode of The Earth Unlocked, premiering at 8/7c!

Underwater volcano eruptions can cause tsunamis, and Georgia Tech CEE's Hermann Fritz is figuring out how using a volcanic tsunami generator in a wave basin to generate better models. 🌋🌊 research.gatech.edu/georgia-tech-m…

🌊 Georgia Tech CEE researchers have built a pneumatic volcanic tsunami generator (VTG) to simulate a underwater volcanic eruptions. The 3D data they gathered will ideally lead to better tsunami models for future events. Learn more ➡️ preventionweb.net/quick/80156

🌊 Georgia Tech CEE researchers have built a pneumatic volcanic tsunami generator (VTG) to simulate a underwater volcanic eruptions. The 3D data they gathered will ideally lead to better tsunami models for future events. Learn more ➡️ preventionweb.net/quick/80156

IT'S ATLANTA FIFA World Cup has chosen #Atlanta to host EIGHT matches, including one of the semi-final matches in 2026! #WeAre26 #WeAreAtlanta

"A climate-driven migration has already begun,” writes climate change journalist Abrahm Lustgarten in his must-read book, “On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America." Part 2 of my review is his take on climate migration and Atlanta: yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/04/atlant…

🌊"The Indian Ocean Tsunami is a singular event in the sense that it changed everything," Dr. Hermann Fritz, Georgia Tech CEE tsunami expert. Destructive waves came without warning & claimed nearly a quarter million lives, prompting a worldwide wake-up call. #violentearth CNN

🌊20 YEARS LATER: Tsunami warning centers, evacuation plans, & more resilient building codes were created to save lives. 70+ buoys monitor tsunami activity worldwide. But until we can predict the next earthquake, the science still has a way to go in next 20 yrs. Hermann Fritz CNN

#HoyEsNoticiaCNN | [Entrevista] “Tuvimos suerte”: Experto compara tsunami en Rusia con el 27F en Chile y llama a mantener la precaución cnnchile.com/lodijeronencnn…

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, its legacy remains etched in both memory and infrastructure. Georgia Tech Professor Hermann Fritz, an expert in tsunamis and coastal hazards, was on the ground in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. Fritz stood atop the