An important campaign has been launched to address the possibility that the EM-DAT database might cease to exist. Please read and sign the open letter and support efforts to preserve this important database. You can add your name to the open letter here: openletter.earth/the-worlds-c...

“Although we cannot ignore the practical gains that English as a lingua franca brings for research, we can’t turn a blind eye to the fact that this hegemony creates serious problems for everyone, native speakers included.” ✍️ From our blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=1903

Using the word *crackdown* about international students is a pretty strong indicator of how far gone the UK is. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Affluent Areas Benefit More from Flood Solutions Funding scienmag.com/affluent-are... #NbS #England #Flooding #NFM #IMD

This! All day every day.

Excellent new paper led by Dr Bart Hill in Nature Comms “Market-based instruments to fund nature-based solutions for flood risk management can disproportionately benefit affluent areas” #NbS #NFM #equity #IMD #England (free to download) 👇🏼 rdcu.be/eCWd9

Hero And Heroine Strawbs 1974 - A&M Saddened to hear of the passing of David Cousins today at the age of the 85. One of the most distinctive voices in prog rock. #vinyl #WOYTT #nowspinning

⚒️🧪🌋🇮🇸 The fissure slowly extended to the north over the past hours. It is 2.4 km long now, and also extends further north than any of the previous fissures. This new map shows a smaller lava cover area than has been the case in the earlier stages of previous eruptions. www.vedur.is/um-vi/fretti...

AGU is deeply disappointed in SCOTUS decision to overrule the order blocking the dismantling of fed agencies until we could make our case about the President’s unlawful actions.  The harm this will cause is shocking. However, we will continue to fight for the rule of law.

The disaster denialism continues.

There are still plenty of opportunities to catch Quorn in preseason action as we host Hinckley AFC, Anstey Nomads, Corby Town & OJM CFC. There are also visits to Shepshed Dynamo and Alfreton Town to come. #WeAreQuorn #QuornFC #TheMethodists⛪ #TheReds🟥 #TheStottoStadium🏟

Carsington Water triathlon cancelled due to water levels 😬 www.bbc.com/news/article...

While clearing out some old boxes, I found these mementos of the fun and rewarding academic journey that I’ve travelled since 2001. #BusinessCard #academiclife

SORRY. Sorry. Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

The U.K. cannot continue to pretend it can make a “deal” with these people.

BREAKING: A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.7 has hit Myanmar, shaking parts of Thailand and Vietnam.

BREAKING: USGS upgrades magnitude of Myanmar earthquake to 7.7

Oooof. A massive earthquake at shallow depth pretty much right beneath Mandalay - Myanmar’s second largest city - that has a population of 1.6 million people. This country has gone through so much terrible upheaval over recent years - today’s earthquake could well be catastrophic

Brilliant afternoon at QuornAFC as they secured a 3-0 win and became league Champions. 🍾 To make a special day even better, Phil Annets was handing out signed copies of his excellent book about the FA cup 👏🏼 Decent, but quite damp, attendance of 476 What an amazing day 😃

It is 14 years ago that an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan causing devastation taking thousands of victims. It also triggered the #Fukushima #nuclear disaster. We will never forget, like all other nuclear catastrophes. www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

Former students of a school in Miyagi Prefecture where 84 children and staff lost their lives in the tsunami triggered by the March 11, 2011, earthquake are working to turn the site into a community hub.

Trump sabotages climate change fix: the methane fee would have led to emissions reductions of 1.2 million tons of methane over the next 10 years, roughly equivalent to removing 8 million gas-powered cars from the road for one year. Trump ended it. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/c...

OTD in 1946, 33 people died at Burnden Park during a FA Cup match between Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City. The subsequent official report by Moelwyn Hughes recommended more rigorous control of crowd sizes. #NeverForget

“Scientists, stay in your lane!” goes the refrain. Well, we won’t - and Kit Yates eloquently lays out why we absolutely shouldn’t. Science IS political.

Major incident declared over large #sinkhole, in Godstone, Surrey (affected road shaded in red). This area was formerly a sandpit so it would be interesting to hear what specialist ground works were undertaken in this area, specifically for the relatively new buildings? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Disastrous markets: three New Jersey counties — Cape May, Hudson, and Atlantic — were among the top 100 counties with the highest nonrenewal percentage for insurance from 2018 to 2023 (with a minimum of 10,000 policies) www.yahoo.com/news/report-...

REPORT: Quorn 3-0 Corby Town. Noble scored a brace for the second game in a row and Goodson struck a goal of the season contender to round it off. A solid performance also saw a 14th cleansheet for the Reds. www.quornfc.co.uk/news/report-... #WeAreQuorn #QuornFC #TheMethodists⛪️ #TheReds🟥#100Years

SAVE THE DATE - 20 Feb If anyone in London wants to see our award-winning film Songs Of The Sufi there will be a screening at the @agakhanfoundation.bsky.social Aga Khan Centre near King’s Cross on 20 Feb. Save the date and watch this space for booking details youtu.be/YKLNlxkibeg?...

A great performance resulted in a solid 3-0 victory for top of the table Quorn (against 2nd place Corby) moving them 19pts clear at the top of the NorthernPremLge Midlands Div. Bumper crowd of 502. Great value for money 👏🏼🍺🥧🍔🍟

Listen to the Disaster Studies Accord song by Barefoot Bob and continue the advocacy: www.radixonline.org/news-and-eve... @kschmutina.bsky.social @kzcanete.bsky.social @wesinjapan.bsky.social @drrdynamics.bsky.social @leebosher.bsky.social @ajfaas.bsky.social @victormarchezini.bsky.social

The Land Use Framework consultation government is launching is necessary and important. We urgently need to make strategic national decisions about what should go where: to restore ecosystems, stop urban flooding and better plan development.

Conference info: ​11th i-Rec international conference on “(in)formalities: Understanding different forms of agency in disaster risk reduction, climate action, and reconstruction”. May 27-29th 2025, Valparaiso and Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱 Please come and join us if you can…

☺️Delighted to 'officially' celebrate BlueSkyReilience's debut on LinkedIn. If #resilience and #preparedness interest you, like and follow me. I look forward to many engaging and capacity building conversations. Personal preparedness matters. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/.../monikaal....

UK: a revised 2025 edition of the National Risk Register (NRR) has been released... cc @hasisd.bsky.social @selyst2023.bsky.social @mtthwhgn.bsky.social @hindshelen.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/p...

What makes The Cloud possible? Late to it, but this deeply researched, beautifully written piece by anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate is fascinating, genuinely eye-opening, revealing & insightful (h/t @farhanasultana.com 🙏) #Cloud #DataCenters #BigTech #Carbonivore #WaterGuzzler

Power, Prestige & Forgotten Values: A Disaster Studies Manifesto: www.radixonline.org/manifesto-ac... @kschmutina.bsky.social @leebosher.bsky.social @forino.bsky.social @victormarchezini.bsky.social @drrdynamics.bsky.social @eraju.bsky.social

Good morning from Loughborough railway station #sunrise #EMR

Company established by Musk in the UK 3 weeks ago on December 12th!! Why we wonder!! Pull your finger out @uklabourparty.bsky.social, grow some balls and stop even more "corruption" destroying what's left of our democracy Right now you have a majority the likes of which you might never see again

We had a lovely day in Nottingham last week but we were dismayed to see so many examples of (anti-homeless) ‘Hostile architecture’ between the train station on the city centre. More info about hostile architecture here… www.shp.org.uk/homelessness...

Check out the latest issue of DPM: www.emerald.com/insight/publ...

EN IMAGES - A Mayotte, les ravages de Chido sous le regard de David Lemor www.liberation.fr/culture/phot...

Disasters are reversing global development at unprecedented rates: GAR 2023 youtu.be/BYuLo-NqxaA?... #disaster

Boxing Day football with the kids, watching @quornfc.bsky.social win 4-1 against Shepshed Dynamo. 👏🏼

Merry Christmas everyone, especially my amazing kids ❤️❤️❤️

Several Pitching In NPL Clubs help prepare British University Students to be Future FA and Club Leaders in new Pilot Scheme

A seismologist from @monashuniversity.bsky.social explains that more earthquakes could hit Vanuatu as rescue workers dig through rubble. The magnitude 7.2 quake that struck near Port Vila was just 50km below ground. This shallow depth made it especially damaging.