Favorite Links

http://www.nytimes.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

http://www.cnn.com/

When I first start looking for an environmental hazard news article I immediately go to one of the links above: New York Times, Huffington Post, or CNN. I think these sites provide a comprehensive overview of world news. Whether I’m looking for something world-wide or in the United States I feel these links will provide the most complete selection.

Examples of articles acquired from these links include:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/20/science/creating-a-balloonlike-plug-to-hold-back-floodwaters.html?ref=science&_r=0

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/12/hurricane-sandy-damage_n_2114525.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/07/mount-lokon-eruption-indonesia_n_1946219.html?utm_hp_ref=world

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/24/world/asia/nepal-avalanche/index.html?hpt=wo_bn4

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/16/us/western-wildfires/index.html

 

https://news.google.com/

If I am not able to find anything that interests me from one of the sites above I then refer to Google news and scroll down to the science section. Google news is fun because it also provides comprehensive world-wide news, but I found that a lot of the articles I read were topics that were not in everyday news and newspapers.

The links below are examples of topics that I found on Google news:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/09/pictures/120921-hurricane-drones-nasa-usgs-environment-science/

This article introduced a new technology advance in drones that are enabling scientists to take pictures and more accurate data from inside hurricanes which will enable then to learn more about how the hurricanes develop and the courses they take.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/10/15/25-primate-species-in-africa-asia-reported-on-brink-extinction-from/

This article describes how human activity is endangering primate populations and the importance of the primate population to the ecosystem.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/07/13707186-coral-in-caribbean-florida-in-sharp-decline-no-signs-of-slowing-report-finds?lite#

This article talks about coral reef degradation and how scientists are creating artificial coral “nurseries” in an attempt to recolonize the coral population.

When I look for an article to report on I generally like an article to discuss the hazard that took place and mitigation strategies that were employed to help reduce the impact of the hazard, or strategies that were used post-hazard. This type of information allows for critical thinking regarding the event, such as understanding  what made the region or the population vulnerable to the event, the risk these places undergo, and ideas of what could’ve been done differently to reduce impact. With this information you are able to see how adapted or prepared certain regions are to hazard events that are prone to their region. This adaptation and preparedness go into post-disaster events following a hazard event which is another is important factor to understand when learning and reporting on hazard events.