Peace Corps

Submitted by charlott on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 3:22pm

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Peace Corps

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This is a volunteer organization that works globally.

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Global

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Submitted by charlott on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 3:20pm

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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This organization is a foreign policy thinktank.

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Global

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natural disasters in European Economic Area member countries 1980 to 2009

Submitted by benoit on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 3:19pm

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http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/natural-disasters-in-eea-member

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natural disasters in European Economic Area member countries 1980 to 2009

Increase of natural disasters in Europe (European Economic Area) during the same period. In average, there seem to me more meteorological as well as hydrological events. This can be for example floods or storms.

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Regional

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Natural disasters inthe United States, 1980 - 2008

Submitted by benoit on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 3:15pm

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http://www.desmogblog.com/insurance-giant-says-natural-disasters-becoming-more-frequent

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Natural disasters inthe United States, 1980 - 2008

Evolution of natural disasters in the United States about 1980 to 2008. The number of events more than doubled since 1980. We can see that the Meteorological and climatological disasters are maybe coordinate with the climate change. This disasters are for example storms, which is shown in green, or extreme temperatures, which is shown in yellow.