#environmental-risks

#environmental-risks

If the David B had anchored in Tracy Arm as planned, she and the others aboard would have been killed. A loud crash around 5:30 A.M. Alaska Time would have awoken them as the north fjord wall crumbled just in front of the retreating tongue of the South Sawyer Glacier.

The settlement creates a Community Claims Fund to compensate local businesses and residents for 'economic harm.' The Town and County of Nantucket announced the settlement agreement, funds from which will go towards compensating the town and local businesses for losses from the incident.

Scientists have calculated a 3.1% chance of the asteroid YR4 2024 hitting Earth in 2032, now revised down to 0.0017%.

The attack on Iranian nuclear sites doesn't pose the same hazard as an accident with a functioning nuclear reactor, as radioactive contamination is likely to be local.