Title: Are Natural Disasters Increasing? | The Borgen Project
Headings: Are Natural Disasters Increasing?
Global Poverty
Are Natural Disasters Increasing?
Natural Disasters: An Upward Trend
Human Contributions to Natural Disasters
Number of recorded natural disaster events, All natural
disasters, 1900 to 2019

Content: Contrary to popular belief, the sole cause of the increase is not attributed to global warming. However, global warming has been increasing the temperatures of the Earth’s oceans and atmosphere. This contributes to the severity of the various types of storm rates rising – as the metaphysical makeup alters, so does the intensity. Urbanization in regions that are prone to flooding has steadily increased the likelihood that more flash floods and coastal floods will take place. These floods result in mudslides and various injuries that add to the climbing statistics. But how are humans helping to create typhoons, hurricanes, and earthquakes? Human Contributions to Natural Disasters
A swell in population plays a large part in natural disasters. Some scientists theorize that natural disasters are not just necessarily increasing, but our methods of tracking them are improving. With the ability to keep record of these disasters, scientists notice them more frequently than in the past. Limited means of keeping track of the natural disasters meant that the average could not be compared to previous accounts.