Natural Disasters News

The UK's Spaceguard Centre is a key player in tracking near-Earth objects

BBC - 28-Jun-2020

Space objects aren't in lockdown so glad someone is still keeping any eye out for existential risks

Probes intended to intercept asteroids for planetary defence

SYFY Wire - 16-Apr-2020

Threat of asteroid collision is real - who wants to be wiped out like the dinosaurs?

Planning ahead to save Earth - moving big rocks out of Earth's pathway

Interesting Engineering - 30-Mar-2020

We humans definitely don't want to end up like Dinosaurs did!

Potentially devastating asteroid skims by Earth almost undetected

Independent - 20-Sep-2019

Have you got your go bag ready in case of an unexpected disaster?

NASA reveals large meteor explosion in December 2018

BBC - 18-Mar-2019

This would have caused damage over a populated city

Surprisingly difficult to blow up an asteroid

Sky News - 05-Mar-2019

Unless completely obliterated they tend to reform

Threefold increase in asteroid strikes over last 300m years

Guardian - 17-Jan-2019

Now every million years... do due one any day now!

NASA's DART planning first planetary defense impact

Space - 02-Jan-2019

We don't want to go the same way as the dinosaurs!

New Telescope To Scan For Collision Course Asteroids

Space - 30-Jun-2018

NASA's program will scan for all near-earth objects larger than 140 meters in diameter

NASA's plan to defend the Earth from asteroids

CNET - 20-Jun-2018

NASA is developing a detection and defence system against 50m to 140m asteroids

Asteroid Almost Hit Earth Yesterday

Outer Places - 16-Apr-2018

Asteroid 2018 GE3 passed by Earth at half the distance to the moon.

NASA plans to use nukes against a killer asteroid

Digital Trends - 12-Mar-2018

NASA has designed Hypervelocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response craft.

Asteroid Hunter Tasked With Saving Earth from Killer Impacts

Motherboard - 12-Jan-2018

Rare for asteroids to survive passage through the atmosphere to cause damage.

Seismologists produce new 10-year big quake forecast

Stuff - 19-Dec-2017

Improved understanding of how larger earthquakes cluster in time and space.

NASA Fails To Spot City Destroying Asteroid

Tech Times - 09-Dec-2017

Only spotted the day after it skimmed past the planet.

First international asteroid tracking exercise proves a success

New Atlas - 08-Nov-2017

An international team led by NASA has tested the International Asteroid Warning Network, which successfully tracked a potentially dangerous asteroid.

12% chance tech-destroying solar flare could hit in next decade

New Scientist - 16-Oct-2017

In 1859, a powerful solar storm affected the Telegraph systems of the day.

House-sized asteroid narrowly misses Earth

Sky News - 12-Oct-2017

NASA has estimated that "2012 TC4" is 15m to 30m long (45ft to 100ft) - and in space terms, the asteroid narrowly missed our planet.

Scientists Urge Funding For Armageddon-style Asteroid Mission

Universe Today - 22-Sep-2017

Space agencies from around the world are dedicated to develop techniques for protecting Earth from asteroids that pose a collision hazard.

Three asteroids give Earth a close shave in a single week

CNET - 20-Sep-2017

Last week three never-before-seen asteroids were discovered whizzing by Earth significantly closer than the vast majority of passing space rocks.

How Nepal’s earthquake was mapped in 48 hours

Wired - 28-Apr-2015

Over two thousand digital volunteers examine 14,700 km2 of satellite imagery to identify over 3,000 damaged buildings.

Counting the Economic Cost of Natural Disasters

Bloomberg - 27-Apr-2015

U.S. Geological Survey estimates Nepal economic losses at 35% of GDP.

Yellowstone supervolcano just got bigger

Science - 23-Apr-2015

New lower-crustal magma magma reservoir discovered with 4-5 times the size of know upper chamber.

Natural disasters displaced more people than war in 2013

Guardian - 17-Sep-2014

Norwegian Refugee Council study claims 22 million people driven out of their homes by floods, hurricanes and other hazards