Victor OkpomorChief Sheriff Mulade, Environmental and Peace advocate has raised the alarm over what he described as an impending environmental disaster in Delta State occasioned by increasing sand ...

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Our planet has been shaped by various human activities that have largely contributed to make Earth a better planet for survival. But some human activities are the reason for environmental disasters ...

Environmental disasters disrupt lives across entire regions, layering disproportionate burdens faced by communities that already face social and economic hardship. Extreme events like the flooding ...

The Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research is an interdisciplinary research center in which environmental engineers, environmental health scientists, philosophers, and other groups work ...

There was an interesting discussion today at Rhode Island College from Dr. Christopher M. Reddy, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. The Rhode Island ...

Flowing into thousands of villages, the muddy flood waters fully submerged and desecrated hundreds of thousands of acres of crops. Bodies of drowned cattle littered the ground. Only skeletons remained ...

On February 26, 1852, the HMS Birkenhead struck a cluster of rocks off the coast of South Africa. With only a few lifeboats for the 638 people aboard, Captain Robert Salmond ordered the women and ...

Environmental disasters affect both urban and rural communities, but rural communities tend to suffer more severely. In a study on a rural community in Odisha, India, a team of researchers examined ...

For the third time in 12 days, the Russian Black Sea town of Tuapse woke up Tuesday to apocalyptic scenes. Thick toxic fumes, and flames rising up from the latest Ukrainian drone attack on the Rosneft ...

The role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in emergency response is part of the national response plan for disasters. The agency is involved in the preparedness and planning ...