Some disasters don’t just destroy cities—they reshape civilizations. From volcanic eruptions that blotted out the sun to floods that inspired ancient myths, nature has always had the power to rewrite ...

Some disasters destroy cities. Others reshape entire civilizations. In this video, we’re looking at 20 of the deadliest ...

Climate disasters that kill large numbers of people have never been short, single events. They are almost always caused by too much rain, or drought. They typically range over years, and sometimes as ...

Why anthropologists should study disasters / Anthony Oliver-Smith and Susanna M. Hoffman -- Theorizing disasters : nature, power and culture / Anthony Oliver-Smith -- Historical disaster research / ...

Some of the most expensive natural disasters have occurred in the last few years. Several factors contribute to this recent rise in destruction. Populations grow and expand into more dangerous areas, ...

The Chernobyl disaster is probably the most memorable nuclear disaster in history due to the explosion and all the deaths caused by severe radiation poisoning. Research that shows the dogs of ...

We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable extreme weather event around the world that was made more likely by human-caused climate change. Climate Matters is ...