Natural Disasters and Hazards (Science/Earth_Sciences/Natural_Disasters_and_Hazards)
up Natural Disasters and HazardsThis category serves as a collection and reference point for those parts of earth science concerned with earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural events causing damage and destruction. Resources include educational materials for dealing with natural disasters, links to other categories exploring more particular hazards, and research on disasters as such.EntriesNatural Disaster Management in India http://www.ndmindia.nic.in/ Government Department of Agriculture and Cooperation information resource, including reports on recent and current disasters and information on management initiatives. Forces of Nature http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/ Educational information about natural phenomena and different natural disasters. Includes information about the causes of disasters as well as lists of the worst recorded type of each disaster. Urban Survival Tools http://www.urbansurvivaltools.com/ Natural disaster information, probability, statistics links and other information. Also provides survival kits and other survival products Storm Events http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwEvent~Storms Storm database with records of US storms and tornados by county. Disaster Research Center http://www.udel.edu/DRC/ Online publications, data, bibliographies, and other information relevant to the sociology of disasters. CBS News Disaster Links http://www.cbsnews.com/digitaldan/disaster/disasters.shtml Information about a variety of manmade and natural disaster-related websites. Quick reference and access to realtime data. FEMA: United States Earthquakes http://www.fema.gov/hazard/earthquake/usquakes.shtm Maps and statistics from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. National Climatic Data Center http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/reports/weather-events.html Severe weather records and natural disaster links. American Experience: Fatal Flood http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flood/ Companion site to the PBS documentary about the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. Includes timeline, maps, profiles of people and events, teacher's guide, and info about the film. Societal Aspects of Weather http://www.ucar.edu/res_sci/societal-impacts.html Organization which measures the impact of weather on people. A Procedure to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Two Watch Warning Systems http://www.udel.edu/SynClim/noaa.htm Notes from this workshop on the effectiveness of heat related health watch systems. UN OCHA ReliefWeb: Natural Disasters http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLND Archived information, from 1981 to the present, about major natural disasters, including floods, droughts, fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, and cyclones, focussing on international humanitarian relief efforts. From the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Why the US Is Becoming More Vulnerable to Natural Disasters http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/articles/eisvink.html Despite increases in what we know about natural disasters and how to protect ourselves against them, population growth continues along the coasts, where loss of life and property from these disasters are greatest. Cyclone of 1896 St. Louis, Missouri http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/9537/cyclone.html Photographic views of damage caused by cyclone of May 27, 1896. HazNet http://www.haznet.org/ Provides information on coastal natural hazards (such as hurricanes and shoreline erosion), hazard planning, and things that can be done to reduce personal and economic losses. From U.S. National Sea Grant College Program. SubcategoriesAvalanches Education and Research Floods This category deals with one of the most destructive weather phenomenons, floods. Floods can be caused by hurricanes and heavy rains. They can be in rivers, lakes, streams, even that little harmless Multimedia News and Media News on the most recent disasters effecting our planet. For history of natural and manmade disasters, check out Society: Preparedness Warnings and Forecasts Wildfires Related categoriesCatalan Catàstrofes naturals. Chinese Simplified 凡危害人类生命财产和生存条件的各类事件通称之为灾害。纵观人类的历史可以看出，灾害的发生原因主要有二个：一是自然变异，二是人为影响。因此，通常把以自然变异为主因的灾害称之为自然灾害，如地震、风暴潮；将以人为影响为主因的灾害称之为人为灾害，如人为引起的火灾和交通事故。 Czech Stránky zaměřené na přírodní katastrofy a s nimi spojená rizika. French Toute ce qui concerne les catastrophes naturelles (Tremblements de Terre, tempètes, cyclones, etc.) et German Japanese Russian Сайты о природных катаклизмах. Spanish Sitios referidos a estos fenómenos en general y en particular a cada uno de ellos (terremotos, maremotos, huracanes, etc.) y lo Catastrophes Sites describing, explaining, forecasting, exploring, or suggesting amelioration for possible future catastrophes -- generally planetary in scale. These may be geophysical, astronomical, Disaster Relief and Recovery Sites dealing with the recovery from natural disasters or wars. Disasters Sites and categories devoted to events of large-scale damage and destruction. Misfortunes include both natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes, and also Earthquakes Earthquake - A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults Emergency Management This category organizes sites for businesses that provide emergency planning, disaster preparedness, and related services to other businesses and corporations (B2B), communities, and government Geologic Hazards Landslides Large Near Earth Object Impacts Natural Disasters and Hazards For sites concerning hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, avalanches, floods, landslides, and other natural disasters. Oil Spills Tsunami Volcanoes A volcano is an opening in a planet's surface which allows hot, molten rock, ash and gases to escape from below the surface. Volcanic activity involving the extrusion of Weather Phenomena Meteorological phenomena are observable weather events which illuminate and are explained by the science of meteorology. Neigbour categoriesAssociations Atmospheric Chemistry This category includes links that are relevant to persons working in the field of atmospheric chemistry research, as well as to those individuals searching for more information about atmospheric Atmospheric Physics Atmospheric physics is the application of physics to the study of the atmosphere. Atmospheric physicists attempt to model Earth's atmosphere and the atmospheres of other planets using fluid flow Conferences Data Centers Providers of data for the earth sciences. Directories Education Employment Careers advice and employment information in Earth Sciences. Geochemistry Geochemistry is the study of chemical elements and their isotopes, and their distribution and abundance within minerals, ores, rocks, waters, and the atmosphere. Geochemistry also includes the Geology Geology is the study of Earth history, structure, composition and life forms. Geomatics The study of gathering and processing geographic information, as well as sharing this information. Some major subfields of this area include Geophysics Geophysics involves the application of physical theories and measurements to discover the properties of the earth. The discipline dates to antiquity, mainly as a scientific approach to earthquake Meteorology Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. It is often an inexact science, especially when forecasting is involved, so News and Media RSS (Rich Site Summary - Really Simple Syndication) or Atom are XML-based formats for the distribution of information comprising headlines, descriptions and Oceanography Oceanography and marine science directory Paleogeography and Paleoclimatology The study and representation of the earth's geographic features and climate as it was at any time before the present. Paleontology Paleontology is the study of past life, mostly through fossils, which are the preserved remains of ancient life forms. This category includes resources related to the science of Products and Services Publications Quaternary Studies The Quaternary Period is the geologic time period after the Neogene Period roughly 2.588 million years ago to the present. Research Funding (This section is quite beta and buggy, have patience. Thanks)
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