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5 days ago · The United States Geological Survey also uses that threshold and says it’s “the commonly accepted guideline. ... La Corona, in Venezuela, likely lost its glacial status in 2016.
3 days ago · According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), they typically exist where average annual temperatures reach near-freezing levels and winter precipitation causes significant accumulations ...
3 days ago · 5.0–5.9. 569. 4.0–4.9. 4,860. ← 2023. This is a list of earthquakes in 2024. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in significant damage and/or casualties. All dates are listed according to UTC time. The maximum intensities are based on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
2 days ago · Ten deadliest natural disasters by highest estimated death toll excluding epidemics and famines. Deadliest natural disasters by year excluding epidemics and famines. 20th century. 21st century. Lists of deadliest natural disasters by cause. Avalanches/landslides. Disease outbreaks. Earthquakes. Famines.
3 days ago · The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, which included Landrigan, BC Vice Provost for Research Thomas Chiles, and Dean of the School of Social Work Gautam Yadama among its members, reported in 2017 that air, water, soil, and chemical pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and death in the world, responsible for an estimated 9 million premature deaths per year – 16 ...
1 day ago · The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. The earliest documented case was March 1918 in the state of Kansas in the United States, with further cases recorded in France, Germany and ...
2 days ago · 1916 United States polio epidemic 1916 United States Poliomyelitis: 7,130 1918 influenza pandemic ('Spanish flu') 1918–1920 Worldwide Influenza A virus subtype H1N1: 17–100 million 1918–1922 Russia typhus epidemic: 1918–1922 Russia: Typhus: 2–3 million 1919–1930 encephalitis lethargica epidemic: 1919–1930 Worldwide
