You may hear about natural disasters often, but some of the deadliest disasters in world history have been anthropogenic hazards (environmental disasters caused by human activity). For this list ...

10 Man-Made Disasters That Made the World Stand Still ... Gulf of Mexico Although it may be the most recent oil spill on this list, it’s by far one of the worst. BP’s tanker, Deepwater Horizon ...

Suddenly, we have less than we need—and most of this growing problem is man-made. The natural disasters of earthquakes, hurricanes, and droughts can be devastating. Even worse, however ...

Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, and floods, and man-made disasters, such as wars and economic crises ... and volcanic eruptions in Iceland have taken place in more recent ...

Man-made disasters are the worst. They are totally unnecessary. Yet we can learn from them, and what just happened in Sri Lanka is an eye-opener and offers warnings about food production for the ...

Some delegations spoke about recent experiences either as an affected ... to preserve a clear distinction between natural and man-made disasters, as they were governed by different legal rules.

Those who survived were left to fight with heat and flames. Man-made disaster on National Geographic The series on National Geographic shows rare footage of how natural resources triggers disaster.

The scale and intensity of the Israeli operation in the West Bank city of Jenin is “by far the hardest and most troubling” in recent months ... it will be a man-made disaster similar to ...

The infrastructure simply wasn’t built for this new reality. These flames are not “natural disasters.” They are man-made catastrophes; fuelled by policies that have allowed fossil fuel use ...

So when the hurricane hit—with the area's natural buffers mostly gone—the resulting flooding overwhelmed the city's elaborate man-made defenses, leading to the worst natural disaster to hit ...