Geologic Hazards
Categories
- Landslides (16)
- Tsunami (17)
Links
Geohazards
http://sts.gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/geoh.htm
Natural Resources Canada: Studies of earthquakes, flooding, landslides, and snow avalanches.
Geologic Hazards
http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/
US Geological Survey resources on hazards related to earthquakes, landslides, and geomagnetism.
Global Disaster Watch
http://www.angelfire.com/on/predictions/
Current worldwide natural disaster warnings and updates - volcanoes, flooding, landslides, drought, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis / tidal waves, meteor showers and solar flares, wildfires, severe weather warnings, disaster archives, record-breaking disasters and earth games.
Mitigating the Danger at Lake Nyos
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/nyos/index.htm
History of the 1986 disaster at Lake Nyos and details of a French plan to mitigate the effect of future disasters through degassing.
Natural Hazards Databases at National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/
Natural Hazards data and educational information including earthquake, tsunami, and stress data
Savage Earth
http://www.thirteen.org/savageearth/
Web companion to the PBS show, produced by New York's WNET, on natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes. Includes detailed animations, QuickTime movies, survivors' stories, and links.
The Natural Hazards Center
http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/
Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Information on human adaptation to disaster.
The Natural Hazards Mitigation Group at University of Geneva
Research and training programs on volcanic and seismic hazards and their mitigation, as well as disaster response.