Sarah Wild
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 8, 2026
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- Aug 5, 2026
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Where on Earth is safest from global catastrophe? (opens the original)
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In the event of a global catastrophe, such as a nuclear war, an enormous volcanic eruption or large asteroid strike, the best place to be is Australia, according to a new study. Researchers looked at the places that were most resilient to global catastrophic risks, which are events that would kill more than 10% of the global population over several months or years. "These kinds of catastrophes are under-researched" because they are not very likely, study first author Florian Ulrich Jehn, a resea
Half of the world's dams could be 'functionally inoperable' by 2060 from being flooded with sediment — and the American West is a major hotspot (opens the original)
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Each year, tons of soil, silt and rocks flow into reservoirs in the U.S. and get stuck there, creating a "ticking time bomb" that threatens lives and livelihoods. According to a new study, around a fifth of the world's reservoirs are currently at high risk of filling with sediment, and by 2060, half could be inoperable as a result. The sediment takes up space meant for water, putting additional pressure on structures that were not built to contain large quantities of sand and sludge. As the rese
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