Tag: Natural Disasters - Page 4
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US Breaks Yearly Record For Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters
In terms of human lives, 65% of all people killed by weather events in 2011 died in these natural disasters.
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Wild West Windstorm in Los Angeles Destroys More than 450 Trees
A freak windstorm makes clearing out tree waste a challenge -- but some savvy residents are offering the wood on Craisglist for free to the savvy builder.
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Texas Drought Is So Bad The Wildfire Season May Not End At All This Year
"If there's a silver lining, it's that because of the drought, we didn't grow a lot of new grass," Texas Forest Service spokesman says.
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How Extreme Weather Increases With Global Warming - The Basic Version
How many extreme weather events can be put down to climate change? A recent study attempts to calculate the odds.
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Climate-Related Natural Disasters Cost US $14 Billion in Health Care Over Past Decade
Researchers for the first time have tallied the health care costs from six categories of natural disasters and disease outbreaks that are likely to only increase due to climate change -- the bill = high.
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Tropical Cyclones Intensified By Rising South Asian Air Pollution
Increases in pollution over South Asia in recent decades have caused alterations in the wind patterns over the Indian Ocean, allowing more intense storms to develop.
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Fracking Firm Admits It Caused Earthquakes in England
A UK fracking firm has confirmed that its operations were behind small earthquakes this Spring, but insists there is no cause for alarm.
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Climate Diaries: Texas Drillers Might Freeze Their Frackers Off In Winter.
Texas faces now not only extraordinary dryness and fire danger, climate change has introduced the risk of gas production wells freezing up.
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Devastating Earthquake in Eastern Turkey Fails to Shake Ankara's Nuclear Plans
Reports that Turkey would reconsider its nuclear plans following a deadly earthquake in the eastern part of the country sounded too good to be true. They were.
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The Week in Pictures: Cherry Tree Sculptures, Catapulting LED Stars, and More (Slideshow)
We've featured a lot of treehouses on TreeHugger, but the plans for this one are a little different: Ten cherry trees will be planted in a circle, and pruned and bent over time to form a unique, two story sculpture.
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The Week in Pictures: Cherry Tree Sculptures, Catapulting LED Stars, and More
This week's photo roundup includes a sculpture made from living cherry trees, an artist catapulting LEDs into the sky to make stars, and more.
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Kevlar-Coated, Disaster-Resistant House Retracts Below Ground (Video)
A futuristic response to catastrophe in a lofted, Kevlar-coated house that adapts to extreme weather by retracting into the ground.
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The Week in Pictures: Cloud Travel, a Vertical Forest in Milan, and More (Slideshow)
We talk a lot about low-impact transportation on TreeHugger, from bikes to electric cars to high speed rail. But this is definitely the first time we've talked about traveling on a floating cloud.
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99% of Texas Still Suffers Severe Drought, Despite Recent Record-Breaking Rains
Climatologist says, "I've started telling anyone who's interested that it's likely that much of Texas will still be in severe drought this time next summer, with water supply implications even worse than those we are now experiencing."
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Earthquake-Inspired Art Installation Is for Socializing and Reflecting on Nature
Among the projects on display at the 2011 Kobe Biennale, a celebration of art in the history of the Japanese city, will be Crater Lake. Perhaps best described as a pavilion, the circular installation is inspired by an
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Deadly Floods in Thailand Are A Symptom of a Larger Problem
Since July, floods have ravaged Thailand, causing $3 billion in damage and killing nearly 300 people. But as the waters approach the capital city, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says he is confident
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The Week in Pictures: Solar London Bridge, Translucent 'Chicken Chapel,' and More (Slideshow)
London has announced grand plans to build the world's largest solar bridge, which will generate 900,000 kilowatts of electricity every year and provide nearly 50 percent of the energy needed to power the central London railway
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Reflections on 9/11 & Our Response to Tragedy
photo: Rebecca Wilson/CC BY Editors note: The following guest post is by Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati an American-born renunciate at Parmarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh, India (full bio below). While this post may be a bit broader than other items in the
