Writing Worth Reading
Writing Worth Reading
"If we expected the entire Gulf to become a toxic gumbo of Louisiana sweet crude and dead animals, then no, the 'worst-case scenario' didn’t come to pass. But if we don't address long-term degradation that will be a worse fate"
New Orleans's Lower Ninth Ward was slated to become "green space" post-Katrina. But some residents wanted to return. So the result, generously put, is laissez-faire. Population down by three-quarters; flora and fauna running riot
Ask most Americans about possible earthquake disasters, and they'll likely focus on the San Andreas fault. But real potential for a "Big One" – an earthquake that could cause truly widespread damage – comes from Cascadia’s fault
BP oil spill has been cleaned up and life has moved on, right? "There was no better way to assess the Gulf's health than by traveling around and sourcing one of my favorite meals – seafood gumbo – in the heart of bayou country"
One year after the nuclear disaster, the worst fears have receded. But more than 100,000 people are still exiled from their homes, with no medium-term prospect of return. They can go back for day trips though, as the FT discovers
Two American researchers head to a village in northern Kazakhstan to see what life is like on a former nuclear test site. Their first thought, on arrival? The inhabitants simply must be relocated. Here's why they changed their minds
Photo gallery. Communities inside exclusion zone are ghost towns. "Tens of thousands picked up and left for shelters, temporary housing, or the back rooms of family and friends. No one can say when, or if they will return home"
The American government warns there is a fault line in the centre of the US that threatens massive earthquakes. Billions are being spent on constructing safer buildings. But is there any serious scientific risk? One man thinks not
Close study shows "clear inflection points where minor changes would have prevented events from spiralling out of control". Tepco's biggest mistake: Placing emergency generators in basements, where they flooded, not on upper floors
![USS Mustin provides post-flood relief in Thailand [Image 9 of 13] by DVIDSHUB](http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6212/6279842281_2004f6d027_s.jpg "USS Mustin provides post-flood relief in Thailand [Image 9 of 13] by DVIDSHUB")
Forty-plus miscellaneous, striking photographs of flooding in and around Thai capital. People swim through the streets, holding banknotes above the water. Spearfisherman are out and about. Others try to save their possessions
Two days after the Japanese tsunami, rescue workers made an extraordinary discovery. The roof of a house floating nine miles out at sea. With its owner sitting on top of it. This is Hiromitsu Shinkawa's remarkable tale of survival
Rivers are drying up. Reefs are dying. Fires, floods, droughts and locust plagues are ravaging the continent. Australia is one of the world's most intensive users of fossil fuels. Now the climate gods are taking their revenge
