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What preparing for an asteroid strike teaches us about climate change
When it comes to natural disasters, most are impossible to predict more than a few months or even…
If an asteroid were heading towards Earth, could you avert disaster?
Hiding somewhere in the gloom of space, there is a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with our…
Hospital hit by Hurricane Milton gets system to grab water from air
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital was hit by Hurricane Milton earlier this week Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Wire/Alamy…
Greenland landslide caused freak wave that shook Earth for nine days
Part of a mountain and glacier alongside Dickson Fjord in Greenland in August 2023 (left), and the same…
Post-Pandemic Recovery Isn’t Guaranteed | WIRED
Lucy Easthope, one of the UK’s top experts in disaster planning, has advised the UK government on major…
US Infrastructure Is Broken. Here’s an $830 Million Plan to Fix It
There’s one word that will get any American fuming, regardless of their political inclination: infrastructure. Pothole-pocked roads, creaky…
Emergency Planners Are Having a Moment
Also, in a disaster, there are no good decisions, there are only least-worse decisions. Every decision will come…