The study is said to be the first-ever quantification of earthquake and tsunami effects on sandy beach ecosystems along a tectonically active coastal zone.

In this lesson, students consider the effects of the Kantō Tōhoku earthquake, tsunami ... categorize those effects according to the type of effect (environmental, emotional, economic, etc.), and ...

The loss of intertidal wetlands directly impacts ecosystem services such as water filtration, habitat for fisheries and ...

The researchers do note these findings are based on surveys conducted at just one site, "so the overall picture of effects of the earthquake and tsunami event on rocky shore ecosystems remains ...

Natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis are expected to have substantial ecological effects, but if researchers don't have enough data about the environment before the disaster strikes ...

Since earthquake timing remains uncertain, the team modeled the effects of such an event happening ... She warned that ecosystem losses might not be recoverable, while movement away from the ...