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A study released this week predicts a grim future for the ecosystem in and around Yellowstone National Park (USA), reports the Huffington Post. The study concluded that rising temperatures associated with climate change could result in many more severe forest fires in the coming decades, reports the Huffington Post...
A newly patented natural disaster warning system could change the way we predict, prepare for, and respond to natural hazards, such as tsunamis and earthquakes, reports the Huffington Post...
'Almost half of the countries borrowing from the World Bank for disaster response did not mention disaster prevention in their development plans, report Vinod Thomas, Director-General and Senior Vice-President of the Independent Evaluation Group an an editorial for The Huffington Post...
Dr Erwann Michel-Kerjan debates on the reform of the federally-run programme and suggests that the development of longer-term contracts, tied to the property and not to the individual, would bring stability to individuals and the NFIP alike...
A 12 year old girl saved many of her neighbours in her community on Robinson Crusoe Island, when she recognised the signs of a tsunami and rang the warning bell, following the massive earthquake at the end of February...
Writing for the Huffington Post, Lynn Englum highlights how often specific vulnerabilities facing developing countries such as, water shortages, prolonged droughts, more severe storms, floods and disease, are not included in the debate on climate change...
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