The effects of global warming can be seen and felt across the planet.Global warming, the gradual heating of Earth's surface, oceans and atmosphere, is caused by human activity, primarily the burning of fossil fuels that pump carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and othergreenhouse gasesinto the atmos...
Results A cumulative total of 77 out of 100 members answered the questionnaire. A total of 491 responses were obtained. Of those, 169 (34%) were obtained from the members who experienced international deployment once, 322 (66%) were from members more than once. Their interest distributed in ...
Participants ( N = 643) completed an online survey in which they decided whether or not to spend time on a fundraising task to support the typhoon victims. Results of this exploratory study showed that SVO and SoMi, followed by educational attainment and political ideology, were the most...
In contrast, bronchospastic and irritative smoke reactions were significantly more common, constitut- ing 31 and 20% of the total patient visits, respectively [12]. Landslides Fig. 1 Definition of sudden onset natural disasters, adopted from CRED and WHO and adapted by the authors Methods This...
The town and others nearby were defenceless against the surge that was also funnelled through a shallow bay sandwiched between neighbouring islands. Rising seas and warming oceans due to climate change are also expected to amplify the effects of storm surge in the coming decades. ...
Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda, was one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines in recent history, killing over 6000 people when it made landfall in November 2013. The international humanitarian response was fast and expansive, with post-response evaluations noting it as largely...