1989: The Exxon Valdez runs aground in Prince William Sound, spilling nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil across 1,300 miles of Alaskan coastline. ... The Exxon Valdez, a single-hull oil tanker measuring nearly 1,000 feet long, was laden with 53 million gallons of crude. ... Then he quit the wheel house, leaving the third...
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These results suggest that ribavirin's mechanism of action lies in challenging the fidelity of the hantavirus polymerase, which causes error catastrophe. ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC140609/
Engineering Catastrophes: Causes and Effects of Major Accidents (Hardcover) ... ~ John Lancaster (Author) "It is natural to associate the word 'catastrophe' with some large-scale event such as the collision of two passenger aircraft, or the destruction by fire..." (more); Key Phrases: World War, Sea Gem, North Sea (more...)
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"This historic oil spill is a catastrophe for the environment," Natalie Brandon, of the Alaska Wilderness League, said in a statement. "Tone-deaf politicians in Congress should now stop trying to push for more drilling through sneaky manoeuvres ...
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First of all, everyone should understand that what happened last Wednesday was not just rain, it was flash floods coming from Wadi Fatmah through Bahra. It happens once every 100 years. It was difficult to deal with such a magnitude of wate...
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A catastrophe is usually caused by a natural event such as a hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake or wildfire. The event results in destruction or damage to insured property, including homes, businesses and their contents.
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Burst Oil Pipeline Causes "Catastrophe" in Alaska; By Andrew Gumbel; The Independent UK ... "This historic oil spill is a catastrophe for the environment," Natalie Brandon, of the Alaska Wilderness League, said in a statement. "Tone-deaf politicians in Congress should now stop trying to push for more drilling...
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Cypriot cargo ship "Server" went down in Norwegian territory of the North Sea near the Norwegian city Bergen around 6pm local time on January 12. The ship broke into two parts and the accident is described as a catastrophe for the environment in the area due to a significant fuel oil leak.
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A great many different, more or less weighty and plausible, ideas have been and continue to be expressed on the causes of the terrible, bloody catastrophe which befell our motherland Russia in 1917.
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SAO/NASA ADS Astronomy Abstract Service ... Title:; Cosmic Disturbances. (Book Reviews: Causes of Catastrophe) ... Publication:; The Scientific Monthly, Volume 66, Issue 6, pp. 526-527...
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