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Tag: natural disaster

Disaster and the Importance of Place

By Stacey Balsdon Hurricane Katrina hit ground in New Orleans in 2005, yet its magnitude and the devastation it caused has … More

displacement, Home, Hurricane Katrina, natural disaster, New Orleans, remote sensing; satellite imagery; rainforest deforestation; evolutionary computation algorithms; Google Earth

A physical hazard and human problem

I-Hsien Porter This year’s hurricane season is drawing to a close, with the east coast of the USA receiving its … More

aid, Climatology, Global Issues, Hazard, hurricane, Hurricane Irene, Jason Senkbeil, natural disaster, natural hazard, risk, tropical storm, Tropical Storm Lee, vulnerability

Meaning of Disaster

By Kelly Wakefield Hurrican Irene, the tropical storm which this week hit the headlines due to its path along the … More

Climatology, Cultural Geography, Hurrican Irene, Hurricane Katrina, natural disaster, Urban Tornadoes

New seismic fault found in Idaho, USA

By Richard Gravelle As Haiti continues to suffer following the January 2010 earthquake, and Christchurch, New Zealand is rebuilt, the … More

Boise, Christchurch, earthquake, Fault, Geomorphology, Global Issues, Haiti, Hazard, Idaho, Idaho State University, John Ebel, natural disaster, Rocky Mountains, Seismic

Can we ‘prove’ climate change?

I-Hsien Porter Referring to the ongoing heatwave in Russia and floods in Pakistan, a broadsheet newspaper recently printed an article … More

burden of proof, Climate change, Climate models, Climate science, Climatology, computer models, evidence, Greg O'Hare, IPCC, natural disaster, natural hazard, prediction, proof, science, scientific proof, uncertainty

Recent Catastrophic Flooding

By Andy Hacket Pain This morning I typed “flooding” into Google News and, limiting the results to the last week, … More

China, Climate change, Climatology, deforestation, Development, Earth Observation, Economic Geography, environment, Environment and Society, flood management, Flooding, France, Geomorphology, Global Issues, Hydrology and Water Resources, India, land-use change, natural disaster, rainfall, Urban planning, urbanization, US, water

Killing U.S. Nurseries

By Georgia Davis Conover As oil comes ashore on the US Gulf Coast from the British Petroleum drilling accident, the … More

Biogeography, environment, Environment and Society, fisheries, Global Issues, hurricane, Hydrology and Water Resources, mangroves, natural disaster, oil, Oil spill, sensitive habitat, vulnerable coastlines

21st Century Challenges: Natural Disasters

Announcing a new event in The Royal Geographical Society’s 21st Century Challenges series. The earth is a hazardous place; natural … More

21st Century Challenges, Barbara Stocking, Cameron Sinclair, Climatology, Global Issues, Martin Bell, natural disaster, RGS

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