The leader’s greatest lesson: building resilience to overcome uncertainty…and more
Fukushima Farmers Are Using Soil Made From Polyester
Workers inspect radiation levels in Tomioka, Fukushima in 2014. AP/Shizuo Kambayashi
It’s been five years since Japan’s Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Fukushima—and some consumers are still wary of produce grown in the region. That’s why some farmers aren’t growing plants in soil that might be contaminated—they’re growing plants in polyester instead…
The leader’s greatest lesson: building resilience to overcome uncertainty
If there is one certainty in this world, that would be change. In fact, the pace of change is ever-increasing as time passes. With change comes ambiguity and complexity, and possibly stress. So when change…
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Typhoon Rammasun (Glenda) has arrived in the Philippines.
even false tsunami warning can cause death toll in community…
Motorists try to move their cars Thursday after being trapped on the flooded southbound Lodge near Dexter after a water main broke near the freeway about 2:30 p.m. Water from a 42-inch main poured down a freeway ramp and rose nearly 4 feet, causing backups. / Photos by William Archie/Detroit Free Press. Source: http://www.freep.com/article/20120601/NEWS01/206010386/Lodge-reopens-after-flooding-halts-traffic-near-water-main-break
Sea surface temperature in the equatorial Pacific Ocean (above). El Niño is characterised by unusually warm temperatures in the equatorial Pacific. source: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/el-nino-likely-to-develop-2014-7
A section of Lake Oroville is seen nearly dry on August 19, 2014 in Oroville, California. As the severe drought in California continues for a third straight year, water levels in the State’s lakes and reservoirs are reaching historic lows. Lake Oroville is currently at 32 percent of its total 3,537,577 acre feet. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The Story of Cyclone Tracy by Sophie Cunningham.
A solar flare bursts off the left limb of the sun in this image
Forty homes appeared to have been completely submerged in the mudslide- only one building was left above ground level Photo: Getty
A computer projection from the HWRF model of what the satellite presentation of Tropical Storm Cristobal might look like on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 .
A MAJOR volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea this morning could disrupt flights to and from Australia.
Recent volcanic activity reminds us of the 2010 disaster. The volcano in southern Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull glacier sends ash into the air just prior to sunset ON Friday, April 16, 2010. Thick drifts of volcanic ash blanketed parts of rural Iceland on Friday as a vast, invisible plume of grit drifted over Europe, emptying the skies of planes and sending hundreds of thousands in search of hotel rooms, train tickets or rental cars. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti) #
This image provided by NOAA taken Wednesday shows hurricane Iselle, center, and tropical storm Julio, right. Photograph: AP
Photo: Soldiers have deployed huge amphibious vehicles to rescue hundreds of people in Obrenovac. (AFP: Alexa Stankovic)
The global air traffic network may be more vulnerable to natural disasters than you realize.
Near-term forecasts of the North Pacific jet stream, showing a stronger, sharper jet stream (red colors indicate stronger winds) across the region on Tuesday and Wednesday.
TC Carolos 2011. Source: http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/giovanni/giovanni_user_images
Great guide for all pets owners; RSPCA Queensland. Source: http://www.rspcaqld.org.au/Information/AnimalCareTips/SummerTips/CyclonePreparedness
scene from a recent biggest forest fire in Sweden’s modern history.
TS Iselle
Unforgettable….
this earthquake is believed to be the biggest in the region in 25 years – had destroyed four mobile homes and made 16 buildings “uninhabitable”,
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