News tagged with disasters
Major impacts of climate change expected on mental health
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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Leading mental health researchers are warning that some of the most important health consequences of climate change will be on mental health, yet this issue is unlikely to be given much attention at the UN climate change ...
Tsunami evacuation buildings: another way to save lives in the Pacific Northwest
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Some time soon, a powerful earthquake will trigger a massive tsunami that will flood the Pacific Northwest, destroying homes and threatening the lives of tens of thousands of people, says Yumei Wang, a geotechnical ...
New climate forceasting system to be created
Sep 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The World Climate Conference has approved the creation of a new climate forecasting system to help countries adapt to climate change and enable them to better prepare for natural disasters, officials said Friday.
Watching over the water system: Engineers design sensors to monitor pipes after earthquakes
Aug 18, 2009 |
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After a big earthquake, it's key to keep the water system afloat. Water is necessary for life, and it fights the fires that often accompany such disasters.
Cyborg Crickets Could Form Mobile Communications Network, Save Human Lives
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By taking advantage of the way crickets communicate, researchers are building "cyborg crickets" that could form a mobile communications network for emergency situations, such as detecting ...
In the eye of the storm: Why some people stayed behind
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Hurricane Katrina was the largest natural disaster in U.S. history, claiming the lives of more than 1,800 victims and causing well over $100 billion in damage along the Gulf Coast. The 2005 storm breached every levee in New ...
Bangladesh introduces SMS cyclone alert system
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Bangladesh is trialling a text message service to warn people of natural disasters, including floods and cyclones, a government official said Wednesday.
UN: Growth of slums boosting natural disaster risk
May 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The rampant growth of urban slums around the world and weather extremes linked to climate change have sharply increased the risks from "megadisasters" such as devastating floods and cyclones, a U.N. ...
Scientists document fate of huge oil slicks from seeps at coal oil point
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 13, 2009 |
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Twenty years ago, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez was exiting Alaska's Prince William Sound when it struck a reef in the middle of the night. What happened next is considered one of the nation's worst environmental ...
Living in history: How some historical events shape our memory
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 23, 2009 |
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If you are resident of New Orleans, how would you describe personal events that occurred shortly before August 2005? Would you refer to them as happening "back in July of 2005" or would you describe them as happening "just ...
Mangroves Save Lives In Storms
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of storm-related deaths from a super cyclone that hit the eastern coast of India in 1999 finds that villages shielded from the storm surge by mangrove forests experienced significantly ...
In Disaster-Prone Areas, Construction Needs a New Approach
Mar 23, 2009 |
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In regions that have been devastated by hurricanes and other natural disasters, public officials should pursue a new direction in infrastructure projects, one that focuses on more durable designs and a greater ...
Study finds link between political corruption and FEMA money
Dec 11, 2008 |
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Where natural disasters strike, political corruption is soon to follow, say the authors of a study in the Journal of Law and Economics. But it's not the wind and rain that turns good folks bad; it's the money that floods ...
Chinese forest project could reduce number of environmental disasters
Nov 24, 2008 |
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A study published in Journal of the American Water Resources Association states that the "Green Great Wall," a forest shelterbelt project in northern China running nearly parallel to the Great Wall, is likely to improve climat ...
