A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g. flood, tornado, hurricane, volcanic eruption, earthquake, or landslide) that affects the environment, and leads to financial, environmental and/or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the capacity of the …
An oil spill is a release of a liquid petroleum stuff into the environment due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term often refers to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or …
What is an earthquake? The ground beneath our feet seems rock-solid, but our planet’s surface is in fact a dynamic grid of slowly moving sections, known as tectonic plates. Normally, this motion is imperceptible to humans, showing itself only on …
Calamities of the 20th and 21st centuries The following is a list of some of the worst natural calamities to strike the world since 1900. The list is by definition arguable. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, cyclones, hurricanes and other storms …