2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95
United States Of America (US)
-
Ice does not lie
Says the eminent Alaskan scientist Maynard Miller. <font class='UCASE'>manu n kulkarni</font> visits this land of the midnight sun to know what causes its glaciers to recede and what endangers its rare wildlife
-
Online
Sewer ark http
-
Artificially real
Researchers develop artificial human eggs that will enable infertile women to have children with their genetic features
-
Up the creek
Two environmental groups of western Pennsylvania, USA, have sued a company that disposed of toxic wastes at community dumpsites, contaminating wells and hurting property values. The groups are suing
-
News snippets
>> Viacom on March 13 slapped a billion-dollar lawsuit against Google and its affiliate YouTube in New York. It accuses the video-sharing website of massive copyright infringement. It alleges that
-
Push for SUVs
A us senate bill has proposed bigger tax cuts for small business owners who buy sports utility vehicles (suvs) for business purposes than those who buy eco-friendly hybrid cars. Not just that.
-
Prey no more
Internet
-
News Snippets
>> Abul Hussam, a chemistry professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, was awarded the Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability. The Bangladesh-born US citizen was awarded by the
-
Sky blue
With booming industries, Beijing finds it difficult to control SO2 and particulate matter. NO2 and toxic hydrocarbons add to its problems. After seven years of controls, SO2 and CO are down by
-
Cancun redux
Reflecting upon the fifth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization at Cancun, a Down To Earth editorial see: <a href="editor.asp?foldername=20031015&filename=Editor&sec_id=2&sid=1"><font color=red>"How not to lose all"</font></a>, October 1