Displaying result for tag: environmental disaster
Severe accident of a nuclear power plant
Although the risk of a severe accident of a nuclear power plant is extremely low, it is still not a zero-risk. In the past, at least two major accidents of nuclear power plants occurred – in Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, w...
Acid release of methane from plants on the ocean floor
Even rapid release of methane from melting tundra is likely to be of great concern (see alarm posted by Hans Schellnberger of the Potsdam Institute in my review of Clive Hamilton, Requium for a Species, chosen as a recent Bo...
The occurrence of a devastating environmental catastrophe in ...
as just happened in the Gulf of Mexico. If such a disaster happened on our shores, this would have dramatic impacts on European societies and economics. A catastrophe similar to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill would even be more d...
Considering the whole of Yellowstone (US National Park) is basically a dormant volcano, can you imagine the chaos that would resign if this became active? There could, and probably would, be catastrophic impacts on society, eco...
Sensor networks for environmental monitoring and control pre ...
The global proliferation of wireless sensor networks for environmental monitoring enables the prevention of environmental disasters that may impact the lives of millions. Such networks save the lives of millions in natural disa...
