Video: Images continue to appear showing the scale of the tsunami. ITN's Louisa James describes the rescue of one woman, plucked to safety as the water surged t

OurAmazingPlanet reviews the strangest effects the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami had on our planet.

A nearly 70-foot-long dock floated onto an Oregon beach after being torn loose from a fishing port in Japan after the tsunami.

A small Japanese boat confirmed to have been lost during the 2011 Japan tsunami has washed up on a remote Canadian island.

X- and Y-shaped ocean waves that are often seen at beaches may help explain why tsunamis can be so devastating, researchers say.

On the Big Island of Hawaii, debris is changing the landscape as thousands of pounds of trash hit Kamilo Beach — much of it from Japan. The refuse is already

Two years after a deadly tsunami swept ashore in Japan, killing more than 15,000 people, solemn reminders of the disaster are still washing ashore.

The fish, which live off the coast of Japan, made their way across the Pacific in a drifting skiff. Of the 5 fish that made the journey, 1 is still alive.

An odd, fruity equation provides perspective on the amount of radioactive water leaking into the Pacific.

Japan reflects on the 3rd anniversary of the devastating 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

The 2011 tsunami that struck Japan released thousands of tons of ozone-destroying chemicals and greenhouse gases into the air.

An eye-opening photo essay documents the haunting towns that were forcibly abandoned following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

.Chances are it's not, but Swedish mega-retailer IKEA has recently come under fire from environmental watchdog groups for clear-cutting old-growth forests in a

Scientists are searching for possible sources for life on Earth on the edge of our Solar System.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has snapped new images of Pluto — the first taken by the probe during its six-month approach to the dwarf planet.

A Pluto-bound NASA probe has captured the best-ever images of the dwarf planet.

With Sonoma County in the bag, affordable prefab builder Blu Homes unveils its first project in Southern California: a remote, low-impact desert retreat owned b

The flashy and fancy new breed of ice fishing shacks are extravagant enough to make grandpa drop his hand auger in disbelief.

A tent alternative for dedicated glampers and design-conscious holiday-makers, this prefab micro-cabin treads lightly wherever it happens to 'drop.'

This teeny-tiny wooden cabin from Spain can be built in several hours (provided you can wrangle several friends to help you).

A judge in Okanogan County, Wash. rules that an ill-sited prefab hut must be moved from its landscape-altering perch above the Methow Valley.

Vipp, the venerable purveyor of high-end trash bins, gets into the prefab vacation home business.

Powered by the wind and sun, Ecocapsule is the ultimate off-grid micro-home for vagabond vacationers.

The chef of PBS’ long running “Ciao Italia” taught me to make this flavorful, seasonal salad that would be a perfect side dish for Thanksgiving.

On Thanksgiving, people may forgo breakfast or lunch to save room for a feast in the evening.

With all that holiday food prep coming up, now may be the perfect time to teach the little ones some kitchen skills.

Use a little imagination and a lot of love to create celebratory fare that even the staunchest traditionalists will enjoy.

We practice thankfulness on certain holidays, but why not all the time?

These quick sides will complement your main dish, and we've included a few tips on how to make the recipes even easier.

There's more to winter gourds than butternut squash. Here are just a few winter squashes and gourds you might want to consider for your dinner table.

Take some of the stress out of the big day by preparing some of your menu days, even weeks, ahead.

Don't want to shop on Black Friday but not sure what else to do? Here are some ideas.

The demise of megalodon coincided with the loss of a third of the largest marine animal species, scientists say.

Turtles use their shells as shields today, but these devices evolved for a completely different reason, paleontologists learn.

Located under the Hiawatha Glacier, the impact crater is one of the largest on Earth.

Good news from Antarctica: The hole in the ozone layer is shrinking, new measurements reveal.

Top polluters would pay $20 per ton of carbon emissions under the carbon tax plan, with 60 percent of the revenue returned to each U.S. resident.

The Swedish home furnishings giant plans to offer 'lower carbon alternatives' to the signature pork and beef meatballs sold at its in-store cafes.

Methane is a natural substance that can be produced over time through biological routes. This colorless, odorless gas has huge potential as a fuel, but it also

Newly declassified photos show a shocking loss of ice in the Arctic as global temperatures continue to rise.

Thanks to the combined technology of satellites and weather stations scattered around the Antarctic Peninsula, researchers can now keep tabs on the region's shi

Long-term thinning of Arctic sea ice combined with an intense, windy storm over the Arctic in early August contributed to a new record low for sea-ice extent, s

Ice loss in Antarctica and Greenland has contributed nearly half an inch to the rise in sea levels in the past 20 years, according to an assessment of polar i

A weather balloon has broken the record for the longest balloon-borne experiment in Antarctica, and is still going strong.

The Barnes Ice Cap, a last surviving piece of the once-vast Laurentide Ice Sheet, will be gone in as little as 300 years.

Asian Mushroom Soup is a good vegetarian soup to add to your weekday repertoire. It includes kaffir lime leaves and birds-eye chili.

Shipping containers can be transformed into a variety of innovative homes and hotels.

If the mere thought of sharks sends chills down your spine, consider the damage that a swarm of ants could inflict. And even cows have been known to be deadly.

We need to give coal miners safe, productive, high paying jobs building the green future. Their jobs should not stand in the way of killing coal.

Over 20 drunken, rowdy coal miners showed up at a party thrown by mountaintop removal critics, and cameras were there to film it all.