The eruption would entail more than dangerous lava flows and could be expected to kill as many as 90,000 people immediately and spread a 10-foot (3-meter) layer of molten ash as far as 1,000 miles (1,609 kilome
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS):In this attack, hackers sneak harmful scripts into a website’s content, and when people visit the site, these scripts can lead them to dangerous websites. It’s like someone secretly putting misleading signs on the road. SQL Injection:Hackers useSQL injectionto br...
W: The only thing I don’t like is that my mom wants to know every part of my life. Becky, what are you doing tomorrow? Where? With whom? The same questions every day. M: Moms are like that. They ask because they care. You’ve got to be patient with them. My parents ask tho...
It's kind of like when a rock concert erupts into a riot. Conditions were already volatile; they merely escalated into something even more dangerous. Thunderstorms themselves form like many other clouds: Moist, warm air rises and cools, causing the water vapor to condense into clouds. ...
thousand feet above the ground are also from the north or northeast, as they would be when an upper-level low-pressure system is swirling over Arizona, southern Nevada or northwestern Mexico, those stronger winds aloft could be pushed down to the surface, worsening the magnitude of t...
Air pollution is caused by humans introducing chemicals and other materials into the air. These pollutants are dangerous to both the environment and our own health. Air pollution has a wide range of effects, from respiratory disease to climate change. Un
An artist's depiction of the dinosaur-killing asteroid, which left a 124-mile-wide crater in the planet's surface. (Image credit: Andrzej Wojcicki via Getty Images) Hidden below the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Chicxulub crater marks the impact site of an asteroid that struck Earth...
Of course, occasionally Earth is hit by larger and more devastating asteroids. One striking (if you'll excuse the pun) example is found in the Chicxulub region of the Yucatán Peninsula. Mexico, where an asteroid thought to be between 6.2 to 9.3 miles (10 and 15 kilometers) wide struck ...
IMO Surcharge: Surcharge applied to the transport of UN classified dangerous goods. This surcharge can be based on the UN type of goods, the number of containers but also the weight of the cargo. Automated Manifest Systems Filing (AMS): surcharge that applies to cargo to the United States ...
If a storm is a Category 3, 4 or 5, it is deemed a "major" hurricane due to the potential for "significant loss of life and damage," the National Hurricane Center says. Hurricanes that fall into categories 1 or 2 are still considered dangerous, the center says. ...