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Natural Disasters

Natural Disasters

Researchers ·Molly O'Meara Sheehan

Worldwatch Papers

Unnatural Disasters - WWP #158
Soil Erosion: Quiet Crisis in the World Economy - WWP #60
Spreading Deserts - The Hand of Man - WWP #13

Worldwatch Books

Who Will Feed China: Wake-Up Call for a Small Planet

State of the World Chapters

Averting Natural Disasters - State of the World 2001

Press Releases

Human Actions Worsen Natural Disasters - October 18, 2001
Melting of Earth's Ice Cover Reaches New High - March 06, 2000
Drought Foreshadows Larger Water Threat - August 26, 1999
Destructive Storms Drive Insurance Losses Up Will Taxpayers Have to Bail Out Insurance Industry? - March 25, 1999
Record Year for Weather-Related Disasters - November 27, 1998
Worldwatch Briefing On The Yangtze Flood - August 13, 1998
Damage to Nature Now Causing Widespread "Natural" Disasters, Economic Hardship - February 11, 1997

World Watch Magazine Articles

The Oceans Are Coming Ashore - November/ December 2000
Unnatural Disasters - July/ August 1999