There's no controlling Mother Nature, and her wrath can, at times, be staggering. Last year, natural disasters—from droughts ...

Mass extinctions. Giant volcanic eruptions. Oceans suddenly deprived of oxygen. At first glance, Earth's biggest geological disasters seem to have little in common beyond their sheer scale. But for ...

The international charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ is an international association of space agencies founded in 1999 by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the French space agency CNES. The network ...