disasters

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"We are looking at environmental disasters like oil spills, and identifying ways to remediate them in faster, greener and more sustainable ways," Oran said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

But customers can find the apparent guarantee of compensation for disasters evaporates when they come to claim.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Between 1980 and 2010, an average of 5,853 people died in China annually from coal mining disasters, according to a tally by Nie.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

When earthquakes, floods, fires and other disasters happen, the IRS commonly suspends all sorts of deadlines for impacted taxpayers.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Thus, in principle, belief in magic ought to decline with improvements in technology, particularly medicine, and the beginnings of insurance policies and other methods of reducing the impact of unforeseen disasters.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton