doctorswithoutborders:

One year after a devastating earthquake killed an estimated 222,000 people and left 1.5 million people homeless on January 12, 2010, Haitians continued to endure appalling living conditions amid a nationwide cholera outbreak, despite the largest humanitarian aid deployment in the world.

Now two years later, MSF is increasing hospital capacity in earthquake-affected areas as 500,000 people are still officially displaced and access to health care is nearly non-existent.

Photo: Haiti 2010 © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR

davereed:

Icelandic Grimsvotn volcano - The Big Picture - Boston.com

shortformblog:

GRAPHIC: Examining U.S. nuclear reactor/fault line geography

Some nuclear power food for thought: A lot of tumult has been taking place here in America over the nuclear crisis unfolding in Japan. This has ranged from rational concerns (this model of reactor seems unsafe!) to the not-so-rational ones (I need to buy potassium iodide RIGHT NOW!). With that in mind, we’ve decided to focus on a simple, practically important question; if the Mark 1 Reactor is indeed inferior on safety, where are ours and are they earthquake safe? The map tells the tale: 23 plants are presently using a Mark 1, all of which are in the eastern half of the country. (h/t to the USGS, Reuters and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the sources of the maps we used). source

(Source: shortformblog, via ilovecharts)

thedailywhat:

Infographic of the Day: Oil spilled thus far into the Gulf of Mexico could potentially power a space-moped to Uranus.

Discuss.

[thanks charles!]

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davereed:

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mabelmoments:

Cargo containers in Sendai. Photograph: Itsuo Inouye/AP