Tag: natural disaster
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World’s First Pet Evacuation App
67% of households are home to pets— cats, dogs, and fishes (American Pet Products Association). [According to a report, 67% of Canadians feel they live in low to moderate risk areas for natural disasters. In actuality for example, British Columbia is at risk for an earthquake up to magnitude 9.0. In comparison in 2011 it…
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Quickening Ecological Restoration On St. Kitts
May, 2024. UNESCO. On International Day for Biological Diversity, we highlight the remarkable efforts underway to accelerate ecological restoration at St. Mary’s Biosphere Reserve on the island of St. Kitts. Home to thousands of species, this UNESCO-designated site spans vast marine areas, forested ridges, agricultural hills, cloud forests, mangroves, and coral reefs. Despite its rich…
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Supervolcanoes: Earth’s Sleeping Giants
Have you ever heard of supervolcanoes? They’re like regular volcanoes but way, way bigger. Imagine a giant sleeping beneath the Earth’s surface, capable of waking up and changing the world as we know it. That’s what supervolcanoes are like. They’re fascinating, a little scary, but incredibly important to our planet. Let’s explore these giants and…
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The Commonwealth Opinion: Extreme Events Are Reversing Development Goals
Cyclones in the Caribbean and Pacific, devastating bushfires in Australia, recurrent floods and droughts in Asia and Africa, increasingly bring tragic loss of life to our nations and communities, inflicting physical and mental trauma on survivors, and causing irreparable damage to centuries old ways of life and undermining prospects for future prosperity and growth. The…
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Once Devastated By Hurricane Irma Now Giving Back
Artist transforms antique hat rack into statement after losing everything from Hurricane Irma.
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Disaster Themed Comedy Not Funny
Dear Silo, I’m tired of jokes about the oil spill. Leno. Letterman. On June 1st 2010 John Stewart dedicated the entire “fake news” portion of his show to jokes about the spill. It’s true that much of the humour contained social and political commentary. But it wasn’t “funny.” Still, Stewart and his audience were killing…