Tag: natural disaster

  • Supervolcanoes: Earth’s Sleeping Giants

    Supervolcanoes: Earth’s Sleeping Giants

    Have you ever heard of supervolcanoes? They’re like regular volcanoes but way, way bigger. Imagine a giant sleeping beneath the Earth’s surface, capable of waking up and changing the world as we know it. That’s what supervolcanoes are like. They’re fascinating, a little scary, but incredibly important to our planet. Let’s explore these giants and…

  • The Commonwealth Opinion: Extreme Events Are Reversing Development Goals

    The Commonwealth Opinion: Extreme Events Are Reversing Development Goals

    Cyclones in the Caribbean and Pacific, devastating bushfires in Australia, recurrent floods and droughts in Asia and Africa, increasingly bring tragic loss of life to our nations and communities, inflicting physical and mental trauma on survivors, and causing irreparable damage to centuries old ways of life and undermining prospects for future prosperity and growth. The…

  • Once Devastated By Hurricane Irma Now Giving Back

    Once Devastated By Hurricane Irma Now Giving Back

    Artist transforms antique hat rack into statement after losing everything from Hurricane Irma.

  • Disaster Themed Comedy Not Funny

    Disaster Themed Comedy Not Funny

    Dear Silo, I’m tired of jokes about the oil spill. Leno. Letterman. On June 1st  2010 John Stewart dedicated the entire “fake news” portion of his show to jokes about the spill. It’s true that much of the humour contained social and political commentary. But it wasn’t “funny.” Still, Stewart and his audience were killing…