Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2164977/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2164977/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 8 worst environmental disasters on Earth that are caused by humans | <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/8MajorEnvironmentalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8MajorEnvironmentalDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/8WorstEnvironmentalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8WorstEnvironmentalDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/disaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disaster</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DisasterOnEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterOnEarth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalDisasterFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDisasterFacts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HumanCausedDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanCausedDisasters</span></a></p>
photog.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A place for your photos and banter. Photog first is our motto
Please refer to the site rules before posting.
Administered by:
Server stats:
243active users
photog.social: About · Profiles directory · Privacy policy
Mastodon: About · Get the app · Keyboard shortcuts · View source code · v4.4.2
#EnvironmentalDisasters
0 posts · 0 participants · 0 posts today
Atlas Obscura<p>Toxic Town Marker in St. Louis, Michigan</p><p>This marker tells the story of a town’s toxic past.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environmentaldisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentaldisasters</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/toxic-town-marker" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Toxic Town Marker</a></p>
Atlas ObscuraThe war has brought suffering and devastation—and "war-wilding," a surprising ray of hope.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dams</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environmentaldisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentaldisasters</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-Articles</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ukraine-war-kakhovka-dam-aftermath-nature-rewilding" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Amid War in Ukraine, Nature Survives in Unexpected Ways</a>
Atlas ObscuraA city in Uzbekistan that was once a port is now in the middle of a desert.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=deserts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deserts</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environmentaldisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentaldisasters</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-Articles</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/podcast-moynaq" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Podcast: Moynaq</a>
Atlas Obscura<p>Lassen Volcanic National Park Bounces Back After California's Largest Single Fire</p><p>In 2021, the Dixie Fire burned much of the park. Now, Lassen&<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=39" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>39</span></a>;s recovery offers surprising lessons on resilience.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=nationalparks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationalparks</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environmentaldisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentaldisasters</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=fires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fires</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=climatedeskinternal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatedeskinternal</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-Articles</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lassen-volcanic-national-park-dixie-fire-recovery" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Lassen Volcanic National Park Bounces Back After California's Largest Single Fire</a></p>
Atlas ObscuraLinked to the biblical Garden of Eden, the Mesopotamian marshes—and their people—have endured decades of environmental destruction.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wetlands</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=history&culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history&culture</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dams</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fishing</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environmentaldisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentaldisasters</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=excerptinternal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>excerptinternal</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-Articles</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hawizeh-marsh-arabs-iraq-tigris" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">In Iraq, the Marsh Arabs of Hawizeh Persevere in a Changing Landscape</a>
Atlas ObscuraDuring massive fires in Indonesia, the critically endangered primates&<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=39" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>39</span></a>; voices provided clues to their overall health.<br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wildfire-smoke-changes-orangutan-calls" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Wildfire Smoke Changes Orangutan Calls in Borneo</a>
Atlas ObscuraIn 1990, a scientist began visually documenting Prince William Sound’s recovery from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. When funding ran out, volunteers took over.<br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mearns-rock-exxon-valdez-aftermath" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Alaskans Have Photographed This Boulder for 33 Years</a>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Most of these I knew about, but not <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrassyNarrows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrassyNarrows</span></a> </p><p>"Grassy Narrows mercury contamination (1960s)</p><p>For nearly a decade, the Dryden Mill’s chloralkali plant discharged up to 24,000 pounds of mercury into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabigoonRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WabigoonRiver</span></a>. It is regarded as one of the worst cases of industrial pollution in Canada’s history. Many people in the Grassy Narrows <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNation</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Whitedog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitedog</span></a> First Nation communities were poisoned due to the contamination." <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>20 of the biggest environmental disasters in history</p><p>By Stacker, Published March 28, 2023</p><p>1. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Honkeiko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Honkeiko</span></a> colliery mining disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, 1942)</p><p>2. Great Smog of London (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>, 1952)</p><p>3. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrassyNarrows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrassyNarrows</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mercury</span></a> contamination (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, 1960s)</p><p>4. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThreeMileIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThreeMileIsland</span></a> accident (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a>, 1979)</p><p>5. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bhopal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bhopal</span></a> disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, 1984)</p><p>6. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chernobyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chernobyl</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SovietUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovietUnion</span></a>, 1986)</p><p>7. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Exxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exxon</span></a> Valdez oil spill (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a>, 1989)</p><p>8. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Phillips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phillips</span></a> disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>, 1989)<br> <br>9. Ufa train disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SovietUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovietUnion</span></a>, 1989)</p><p>10. Cantara Loop derailment (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>, 1991)</p><p>11. Nambija mine disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecuador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecuador</span></a>, 1993)</p><p>12. Baia Mare <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cyanide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyanide</span></a> spill (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romania</span></a>, 2000)</p><p>13. Martin County coal slurry spill (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a>, 2000)</p><p>14. Toulouse chemical factory explosion (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>, 2001)</p><p>15. Ivory Coast toxic waste dump (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a>, 2006)</p><p>16. Kingston coal ash spill (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a>, 2008)</p><p>17. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepwaterHorizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepwaterHorizon</span></a> oil spill (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfMexico</span></a>, 2010)</p><p>18. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fukushima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fukushima</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>, 2011)</p><p>19. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Guangxi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guangxi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cadmium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cadmium</span></a> spill (China, 2012)</p><p>20. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mariana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mariana</span></a> dam disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a>, 2015)</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science/20-of-the-biggest-environmental-disasters-in-history/article" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">digitaljournal.com/tech-scienc</span><span class="invisible">e/20-of-the-biggest-environmental-disasters-in-history/article</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toxic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a></p>
GailWaldby@bsky.social❌👑<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deregulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deregulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnvironmentalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CuyahogaRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CuyahogaRiver</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DukeEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DukeEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LoveCanal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoveCanal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PCB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HudsonRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HudsonRiver</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SavingsAndLoanCollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SavingsAndLoanCollapse</span></a></p>
GailWaldby@bsky.social❌👑<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deregulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deregulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnvironmentalDisaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDisaster</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnvironmentalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeepwaterHorizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepwaterHorizon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3MileIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3MileIsland</span></a></p>
GailWaldby@bsky.social❌👑<p>Worst 10 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnvironmentalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a></p>
Live feeds
Mastodon is the best way to keep up with what's happening.
Follow anyone across the fediverse and see it all in chronological order. No algorithms, ads, or clickbait in sight.
LoginDrag & drop to upload