Detecting Natural Disasters, Damage, and Incidents in the Wild by Weber, Ethan, Marzo, Nuria, Papadopoulos, Dim P, Biswas, Aritro, Lapedriza Garcia, Agata, Ofli, Ferda, Imran, Muhammad, Torralba, Antonio

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Disasters in Malaysia: tomorrow is a mystery by Duraisamy, Youventharan, Mohamad Idris, Ali, Noram Irwan, Ramli, Rokiah, Othman, Mohd Arif, Sulaiman

“…Lately there are high occurrences of natural disasters in Malaysia. Does it have anything to do with earth been suffering from extreme weather conditions or could be any other reasons to it. …”
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Geography: Ideas in profile by Dorling, D, Lee, C

“…Channelling our twin urges to explore and understand, geographers uncover the hidden connections of human existence, from infant mortality in inner cities to the decision-makers who fly overhead in executive jets, from natural disasters to over-use of fossil fuels. In this incisive introduction to the subject, Danny Dorling and Carl Lee reveal geography as a science which tackles all of the biggest issues that face us today, from globalisation to equality, from sustainability to population growth, from climate change to changing technology - and the complex interactions between them all. …”

The Lisbon earthquake of 1755

“…<br/>The most momentous natural disasters are not necessarily those with the most victims, but rather those producing the greatest shockwaves in intellectual history. …”