disasters
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Beirut Blast Ranks Among History’s Most Powerful Accidental Explosions
By analysing videos uploaded to social media, scientists have calculated the strength of the blast that devastated the city of Beirut in August, finding it to be among the biggest non-nuclear explosions in human history.
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12 Ways Humanity Could Destroy The Entire Solar System
We humans are doing a bang-up job of messing up our home planet. But who’s to say we can’t go on to screw things up elsewhere? Here, not listed in any particular order, are 12 unintentional ways we could do some serious damage to our Solar System, too.
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Disaster Fatigue Is Real and the Coronavirus Could Make It Worse
Hurricane season has dams in Michigan. At the same time, the world is living through a combined health, political, economic, racial, and climate crisis.
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Catastrophic Diesel Fuel Spill in Siberia Prompts State of Emergency
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency after an estimated 18,000 tonnes of diesel fuel poured out of a fuel tank and into a nearby river. The spill ” possibly the worst of its kind in the Arctic region ” is being attributed to melting permafrost, yet another sad impact of climate…