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Natural Disasters Bring Risk of Fungal Infections
2014-02-12 18:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Natural disasters can create conditions that put survivors at risk for fungal infections, which are often overlooked, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters can displace harmful fungi from their natural habitat, potentially bringing them into contact with injured and vulnerable people, the report said. Individuals may inhale fungal spores, or the spores can find their way into wounds, resulting...
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Record Number of Billion-Dollar Disasters Globally in 2013
2014-02-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The past year saw the highest number of billion-dollar weather disasters across the globe. However, despite the high number of events, overall loss of life and property were comparatively low to years past. In all, 41 weather events caused $1 billion or more in damage in 2013 according to a report recently released by Aon Benfield, a reinsurance group. That's one more than the previous record set in 2010. The report chronicled a total of 261 weather-related disasters over the course of the year....
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The world's 10 deadliest offshore oil rig disasters
2014-01-02 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The Piper Alpha disaster in the North Sea, UK, remains the world's deadliest offshore oil disaster in history, after 167 people lost their lives in July 1988. BP's 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster would be regarded as one of the worst oil rig accident
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The worst IT project disasters of 2013
2013-12-30 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News
Trends come and go in the technology industry but some things, such as IT system failures, bloom eternal. "Nothing has changed," said analyst Michael Krigsman of consulting firm Asuret, an expert on why IT projects go off the rails. "Not a damn thing."
The worlds worst naval maritime disasters
2013-12-20 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The world's worst naval maritime disasters resonate throughout history often due to tragic circumstances which resulted not only in the deaths of enlisted sailors but in immense losses of civilian lives as well.
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