Natural Disaster Articles

• Weapons Technology
  Nuclear Energy
  Renewable Energy
  Energy and the Environment
  Physics
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Effects of nuclear explosions

  A nuclear explosion occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from an uncontrolled nuclear reaction. The driving reaction may be nuclear fission, nuclear fusion or a multistage cascading ... > more
• Environmental Policy
  Geography
  Environmental Issues
  Ecology
  Earth Science
  Global Warming
   

  Timeline of environmental events

  The timeline of environmental events is a historical account of events that have shaped humanity's perspective on the environment. This timeline includes some major natural events, man-made ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Geology
  Natural Disasters
  Geography
  Earth Science
  Tsunamis
   
  

  Geology of the Himalaya

  The Geology of the Himalaya is a record of the most dramatic and visible creations of modern plate tectonic forces. The Himalayas, which stretch over 2400 km are the result of an ongoing orogeny, the ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Tornadoes
  Weather
  Natural Disasters
   
  

  Hurricane Rita

  Hurricane Rita is the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $10 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Geography
  Weather
  Natural Disasters
   
  

  Hurricane Hazel

  Hurricane Hazel was the worst hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season and one of the worst hurricanes of the 20th century. Hazel killed as many as 1,000 people in Haiti before striking the ... > more
• Geography
  Forest
  Earthquakes
  Water
  Weather
  Global Warming
   
  

  Himalayas

  The Himalayas, also Himalaya, are a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. By extension, it is also the name of the massive mountain system which ... > more
• Wildfires
  Oil Spills
  Rainforests
  Trees
  Ecology Research
  Ecology
   
  

  Controlled burn

  Prescribed or controlled burning is a technique sometimes used in forest management, farming, or prairie restoration. Fire is a natural part of both forest and grassland ecology and controlled fire ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Floods
  Geography
  Weather
  Storms
   
  

  Hurricane Floyd

  Hurricane Floyd was the sixth named storm, fourth hurricane, and third major hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic hurricane ... > more
• Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Earth Science
  Natural Disasters
  Forest
  Atmosphere
  Earthquakes
   
  

  Tunguska event

  The Tunguska event was an explosion that occurred at 60 degrees 55'N 101degrees 57'E, near the Podkamennaya (Under Rock) Tunguska River, in what is now Evenk Autonomous Okrug, at 7:17 AM on June 30, ... > more
• Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Geology
  Saturn
  Earth Science
  Moon
   
  

  Impact crater

  An impact crater is a circular depression on a surface, usually referring to a planet, moon, asteroid, or other celestial body, caused by a collision of a smaller body (meteor) with the ... > more

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