Look up catastrophe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Catastrophe or catastrophic comes from the Greek κατά (kata) = down; στροφή (strophē) = turning...
Error catastrophe refers to the cumulative loss of genetic information in a lineage of organisms due to high mutation rates. The mutation rate above which...
Pass by catastrophe is an academic urban legend proposing that if some particular catastrophic event occurs, students whose performance could have been...
In mathematics, catastrophe theory is a branch of bifurcation theory in the study of dynamical systems; it is also a particular special case of more general...
The Nedelin catastrophe or Nedelin disaster, known in Russia as the Catastrophe at Baikonur Cosmodrome (Russian: Катастрофа на Байконуре, romanized: Katastrofa...
The ultraviolet catastrophe, also called the Rayleigh–Jeans catastrophe, was the prediction of late 19th century to early 20th century classical physics...
the largest known explosive eruptions in the Earth's history. The Toba catastrophe theory is that this event caused a severe global volcanic winter of six...
A global catastrophic risk or a doomsday scenario is a hypothetical event that could damage human well-being on a global scale, even endangering or destroying...
papers along with the discredited book Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment. In 1996, geneticist Ronald Chesser and...
Catastrophe modeling (also known as cat modeling) is the process of using computer-assisted calculations to estimate the losses that could be sustained...
Catastrophe bonds (also known as cat bonds) are risk-linked securities that transfer a specified set of risks from a sponsor to investors. They were created...
include natural disasters, accidents, military/terrorist attacks or global catastrophes such as a pandemic. A subgenre of action films, these films usually feature...
"The Catastrophe of Success" is an essay by Tennessee Williams about art and the artist's role in society. It is often included in paper editions of The...
of triggering a population decline. This event, called a Malthusian catastrophe (also known as a Malthusian trap, population trap, Malthusian check,...
The full catastrophe is a comic phrase usually used to characterize any kind of disaster. The phrase appears in the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, where it...
Catastrophe Ballet is the second studio album by American rock band Christian Death. It was released in 1984, through record label Contempo. Besides founder...
The iron catastrophe is a postulated major geological event early in the history of Earth, where heavy metals such as iron and nickel congregated in the...
The Nakba (Arabic: النَّكْبَة an-Nakba, lit. 'the catastrophe') was the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Mandatory Palestine during the 1948 Palestine...
Mitotic catastrophe has been defined as either a cellular mechanism to prevent potentially cancerous cells from proliferating or as a mode of cellular...
Dear Catastrophe Waitress is the sixth studio album by Scottish indie pop band Belle & Sebastian, released on 6 October 2003 on Rough Trade Records. Producer...
A catastrophic illness is a severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery. Examples include cancer, heart attack or stroke. These illnesses...
An environmental disaster or ecological disaster is defined as a catastrophic event regarding the natural environment that is due to human activity. This...
Scenarios in which a global catastrophic risk creates harm have been widely discussed. Some sources of catastrophic risk are anthropogenic (caused by...
similar terms in use such as climate dystopia, collapse, endgame, and catastrophe. Some researchers have speculated that society cannot comprehend an accurate...
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