See why Germany’s Ahr wine region needs our help https://www.diningandcooking.com/2046176/see-why-germanys-ahr-wine-region-needs-our-help/ #Ahr #flooding #GermanWine #germany #NaturalDisasters #Wine
See why Germany’s Ahr wine region needs our help https://www.diningandcooking.com/2046176/see-why-germanys-ahr-wine-region-needs-our-help/ #Ahr #flooding #GermanWine #germany #NaturalDisasters #Wine
AFP: Lost to history: Myanmar heritage falls victim to quake. “When a massive earthquake hit Myanmar last month, centuries of sacred history tumbled down — towering Buddha idols, sky-scraping stupas and the pure-white pagoda where 83-year-old Khin Sein has prayed for most of her life.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/28/lost-to-history-myanmar-heritage-falls-victim-to-quake-afp/
Volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland after a nearby town and spa are evacuated https://www.byteseu.com/946946/ #Earthquakes #Evacuations #GeneralNews #Iceland #NaturalDisasters #Science #Volcanoes #WorldNews
Earth Day 2025: How to talk about climate change with kids, preparing for natural disasters from Illinois weather and more https://www.byteseu.com/939931/ #16209214 #Climate #ClimateChange #EarthDay #EarthDay2025 #EarthDayActivities #GlobalWarming #HoneycombProject #IllinoisWeather #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters #PeggyNotebaertNatureMuseum #WhenIsEarthDay
Why Geological Maps Are The Best Investment You’ve Never Heard Of - Investments In Geological Mapping Paid Off Big Time For Americans.
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https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/why-geological-maps-are-the-best-investment-youve-never-heard-of/ <-- shared opinion piece
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https://profession.americangeosciences.org/reports/geological-mapping-economics/ <-- shared technical cost-benefit analysis
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https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/gsa/positions/position3.aspx <-- shared 2003 GSA appraisal
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[I am, of course, biased in this regard, but I also like well-presented metrics – and use cases being met are my favourite!]
#geology #value #cost #mapping #cartography #cartographic #USA #costbenefit #geologicmapping #metrics #usecase #fedscience #appliedscience #engineeringgeology #spatial #GIS #construction #resources #naturalresources #engineering #risk #hazard #naturaldisasters #payoff #investment #massmovement #groundwater #waterresources #water #hydrology #rareearth #minerals #mining #oilandgas #exploration #underground #money #economics #publicgood #publicvalue #investment
…The White House also plans to dismantle a key office in the #housing agency that helps communities recover from deadly #NaturalDisasters, a move that could slow much-needed #emergency #aid. Separately, #Trump issued an #ExecutiveOrder last month eliminating a decades-old, government wide commission meant to coordinate the federal response to #homelessness.
Japan News: Researcher Working to Preserve Natural Disaster Monuments; Disaster Lessons Getting Digitized . “Wataru Tanikawa, 47, of Kochi, a researcher at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) who studies earthquakes in the Nankai Trough, witnessed from the sea the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. The experience led him to […]
#Italy #NaturalDisasters #volcanoes #volcanology
'The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) just published DANTE, the database that collects and systematizes over 2500 years of eruptive history of Etna, one of the most active volcanoes in the world.'
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (Italy): DANTE, the database that tells the story of over 2500 years of eruptions, is online. “The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) just published DANTE, the database that collects and systematizes over 2500 years of eruptive history of Etna, one of the most active volcanoes in the world. DANTE (Database of Etna’s […]
https://www.europesays.com/uk/16310/ Lanzarote floods captured in horror footage as emergency declared #BadWeather #Holidays #NaturalDisasters #News #Religion #World
Foreign Office Issues Urgent Alert For British Travelers To Greece Over Four Natural Disasters https://www.byteseu.com/909067/ #112Greece #BritishTravelers #Earthquakes #EmergencyAlerts #EuropeFlightDisruptions #ExtremeHeat #FCDO #FlashFloods #ForeignOffice #Greece #greek #GreekNews #NaturalDisasters #SummerTravel #TravelWarning #WeatherRisks #Wildfires
Two new blogs:
1. "#Disasters that never happened: 6 preventive actions" https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/disasters-never-happened-6-preventive-actions
2. "Mental Health #FirstAid for #Bangladesh"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202504/mental-health-first-aid-in-bangladesh-10-years-of-progress
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #Health #MentalHealth #MHFA #MentalHealthAwareness #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #vulnerability #resilience
https://www.alojapan.com/1242272/japans-kishida-cancels-trip-after-megaquake-warnings-from-scientists/ Japan’s Kishida cancels trip after ‘megaquake’ warnings from scientists #earthquakes #FumioKishida #GeneralNews #JapanGovernment #JapanTrips #NaturalDisasters #politics #science #Tokyo #trips #WorldNews TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida canceled a planned trip to Central Asia on Friday to lead the government’s response after scientists urged people to prepare for a possible “megaquake” off the country’s sout…
Africa: All of Africa Today - April 8, 2025: [allAfrica] Floods in the DR Congo - Govt Announces Deaths of 33 PeopleFlooding and erosion caused by torrential rains in Kinshasa during the night of April 4-5, 2025, led to the deaths of 33 people. This death toll, released by the Ministry of the Interior in a press release late on Sunday night, April 6, remains provisional. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TK1vCT #Africa #DRCongo #Floods #ClimateChange #NaturalDisasters
It's the Stupidity, Stupid! Dr. Brian Klaas on the inability to explain away incompetence: "People who are stupid can destroy #democracy"
#TheContrarian #BrianKlaas #naturaldisasters #doge #musk #innovation #stupidity
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/its-the-stupidity-stupid-dr-brian
Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floods
"In outback Queensland, an area four times the size of the UK has been inundated with torrential rain, leaving many cut off or forced to abandon homes"
BBC Verify: What satellite images reveal about Myanmar's quake
Trump Admin Moves to End One of FEMA’s Biggest Disaster Adaptation Programs
The program allows communities to prepare for disasters like hurricanes and wildfires before they hit.
Disasters Avoided Newsletter #7
Focus on Non-Governmental Organisations (#NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (#CSOs)
https://mailchi.mp/9e31722a66e3/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter-14190206
#DisastersAvoided
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters