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Natural Hazards
Posts in this category are about Natural Hazards, including: Floods, Landslides, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis, and Fire. These events can cause significant natural, social and economic damage. Better understanding of how, why, and where these events occur will improve disaster prevention and mitigation efforts.
(Adapted from ConservationEconomy.net)
Converging Weather Patterns Caused Last Winter's Huge Snows
The extraordinarily cold, snowy weather that hit parts of the US East Coast and Europe was the result of a collision of two periodic weather patterns in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, a new study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds. (American Geophysical Union release)
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(0)Bull Fire in California's Sequoia National Forest
Outlined in red in this true-color image from July 27, 2010, the Bull Fire produced thick plumes of smoke as it burned near the southern edge of the Sequoia National Forest in southern California.
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Fires and Smoke near Moscow
Acquired July 28, 2010, this natural-color image shows fires east of Moscow blanketing the region in thick smoke.
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