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Wiping out a population of animals might help the species

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Wiping out a population of animals might help the species

Mass deaths might not be all bad, because local die-offs could help to ensure the survival of the species as a whole

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The thick smog from wildfires can be deadly

Earth

Wildfires’ 'killer haze' tracked with Twitter as it spreads

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Mumbai, India

Earth

Rising seas could double the number of severe coastal floods

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war zone

Humans

Ready for anything: The best strategies to survive a disaster

Features

Rescue teams search for survivors

Earth

Neglect and drug trade led to Colombian landslide disaster

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Pakistani town under flood water2010

Earth

It just got harder to deny climate change drives extreme weather

Comment

Cockpit shot of pilot looking out at ocean

Technology

Flawed hunt for flight MH370 shows need for new tracking system

Comment

Front page of the Boston Dail Globe with a headline about the Boston molasses flood

Physics

Incredible physics behind the deadly 1919 Boston Molasses Flood

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Residents carry food down a street strewn with rubble caused by Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. The hurricane rolled across the sparsely populated tip of Cuba overnight, destroying dozens of homes in Cuba's easternmost city, Baracoa, leaving hundreds of others damaged

Earth

Two million urged to evacuate as hurricane Matthew approaches US

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Quake devastation in Italy

Earth

Italy to test earthquake predictor to reduce deaths and damage

A national earthquake forecasting system combined with data on building vulnerability may help communicate risk of shocks happening – but uncertainties remain

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Space

Incoming asteroids could crumble harmlessly before they hit us

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Technology

I used robots to help save drowning refugees off the Greek coast

Opinion

Earth

Why even catastrophic events can’t change attitudes to climate

CultureLab

Resilience means bouncing forward not back

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