Scientists detect tsunami in real-time — and it could save countless lives

Scientists detect tsunami in real-time — and it could save countless lives

With increasingly more coastal communities comes an increased number of people exposed to the risk of tsunamis. Between 1998-2017, tsunamis caused more than 250,000 deaths globally, so it’s vital that disaster risk innovations are creating smart solutions to prepare for such natural disasters. A recent tsunami actually ended up as an early test, purely by chance, for a new detection system being developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Sout…