FP: What potential disasters keep you up at night?
ALL: We’re all concerned about major, disastrous earthquakes. In particular, I’m worried about disastrous earthquakes in Asia. Large cities are built near faults, and there are cities that haven’t seen earthquakes in 500 years but are due. It is entirely conceivable that we could see an earthquake [...]
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When Disaster Strikes
Posted by Matt in May 14th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Uncategorized, Agriculture, Climate Scientist, Climate Trends, Disaster, Disasters, Disastrous Earthquakes, Drought, Earthquake, Earthquakes In Asia, Faults, Food Crisis, Inadequate Preparation, Scientist Colleagues, Sub Saharan Africa, Term Climate, Tropical Cyclones, World Food
Shanghai Completes Massive Underground Bunker to Protect Citizens from Disasters
Posted by Matt in May 7th, 2008 | no comment
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Shanghai’s Civil Defense Office recently announced completion of the city’s largest subterranean bunker, spanning an area of over 90,000 square meters, reported Shanghai Morning Post. The massive underground shelter is able to accommodate 200,000 citizens at a time, offering protection from ground-level disasters such as nuclear radiation, poisonous gas releases, or terrorist blasts.
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Where will the next disaster strike?
Posted by Matt in January 23rd, 2008 | no comment
Viktor Osipov, director of the Institute of Helioecology at the Russian Academy of Sciences, believes that natural and man-made disasters will become one of the main threats for humankind in the 21st century. A dangerous trend has become evident recently - damage from disasters and expenses involved in their cleanup are implacably growing. In an [...]
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