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The launch of a new rocket is always an exciting event. SpaceX’s ‘go fast and fail’ approach means that even though the test ended with engineers blowing up the rocket, it was a valuable first flight.
Le Cameroun compte de nombreux lacs potentiellement dangereux qui contient du gaz. Pourtant, on a fait que très peu pour atténuer les risques qui en découlent.
Cameroon has many potentially dangerous gas-charged lakes. But not much has been done to mitigate the risks they pose.
The illegal refinery process ignores all environmental, health and safety procedures and can have catastrophic consequences.
Tsunamis aren’t just bigger-than-average waves. Triggered by undersea earthquakes or volcanic eruptions like the one in Tonga, they are fast, massive and potentially destructive. Here’s why.
Deep-fried turkeys are delicious, but making one can be dangerous. The scientific reason for fiery Thanksgiving mishaps? A difference in the densities of ice, water and oil.
Nyiragongo is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because of its fast-moving lava. It can flow at a speed of about 100km per hour.
Data suggests that Africa as a whole suffers a relatively high rate of casualties at munition sites where there are unplanned explosions.
It’s not only nuclear bomb tests that disrupt the atmosphere, there are a number of natural events that can do the same. But how long does any damage last?
For combustion to occur, oxygen must be present. Ammonium nitrate prills provide a much more concentrated supply of oxygen than the air around us.
Recent pipeline explosions have brought the problem of Mexico’s black market for oil into tragic relief.
You can learn a lot about volcanoes by studying explosions. The more we can learn about their explosive behaviour, the more chance we have of saving lives when they suddenly erupt. There are many volcanoes…
At least 14 people – including a number of emergency services crew – died in an massive explosion on Wednesday night at a fertiliser plant in the small town of West near Waco, Texas. So what made the blaze…
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Disaster Management Scholar, Researcher and Educator, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Occupational Health and Safety in Mining, The University of Queensland
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Postgraduate experimental volcanologist, University of Otago
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Professor of Global Climate and Environmental Governance, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Operations Management, Aston University
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Associate Professor, RMIT University
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Senior lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Aston University
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Professor of Public Understanding of Science, University of Brighton
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Senior Research Scientist, Boston College
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Associate Professor of Climate Science, Brandeis University
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Head of Data & Analytics and Senior Researcher for the Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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Lecturer, Université catholique de Bukavu
