The scariest math of earthquakes involves geometry and waves and the displacement of water.
The conflict caused at least 2 million deaths and the displacement of another 4 million people.
Colonial histories and the displacement of native peoples occupied many writers.
"My putting hole is partly about my own background as a British Indian, and the displacement of something from east to west.
Linked to deforestation, habitat loss, fires and the displacement of communities, the production of palm oil has raised major concerns to date.
The war in the former Yugoslavia led to the killing of about 100,000 people and the displacement of more than 2 million, the vast majority Muslims.
These attacks resulted in over 5,000 civilian casualties and the displacement of at least 750,000 people between May 2013 and October 2014.
The Myanmar government halted China's construction of a hydroelectric dam there after protests over environmental damage and the displacement of villagers.
The first Liberian civil war, from 1989 to 1996, caused more than 200,000 deaths and the displacement of millions.
He took note of longstanding historical grievances like the stain of colonialism, American support for the Iranian coup of 1953 and the displacement of the Palestinian people.
A labour-intensive monocrop that once relied on slavery, it has more recently encompassed child labour, land-grabs and the displacement of communities (pdf).
