1967-1976
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| Year | Locale | Event | Social Effects | Source |
| 1976 | Northwest Pacific | Sardines recolonize Japan/Sea | Emergent protein resource => Seriola culture | Kondo |
| 1976 | Peru/Chile | Sardine recolonize Peru coast & south => northern Chile to central Chile | Sardine fisheries from Tumuco to Talcahuano seeded | Sharp/McLain |
| 1976 | California/Marin Co. | Severe Drought | Rationing raises water prices 40% | Trager |
| 1976 | Philadelphia | Legionaire's disease | rare pnuemonia identified/29 die | Trager |
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1976 |
Tangshan, China |
8.0 Richter Scale Earthquake
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Up to 655,000 die |
National EarthquakeInformation Center - Almanac |
| 1976 | Northeast Pacific | Atmospheric patterns shift | Many climate/ecosystem shifts in response | Ebbesmeyer et al. |
| 1976 | Zaire | Ebola Virus Described | Major Outbreak/Hundreds die | Preston |
| 1976 | Chile | Water-born diseases | Floods/Hepatitus A/Typhoid/dysentary | Epstein |
| 1976 | USA | Swine Flu" epidemic scare | 535 of Innoculated => Guillaine-Barre syndrome | Trager |
| 1976-77 | Pacific wide | ENSO warm event | Substantial records of climate anomalies | Sharp/McLain |
| 1975 | Gulf of California | Sardines bloom | Gulf of California Mexican fishery emerges | Sharp/McLain |
| 1975 | Chile/Peru | Sardine onshore, colonize N&S | Production center moves to No. Chile | Sharp/McLain |
| 1975 | India | Wheat crop peaks | Doubles since 1965 | Trager |
| 1975 | Lyme, Connecticut | Lyme Disease identified | Spreads over USA via tick/deer/mice | Trager |
| 1975 | North Atlantic | Surface temperature minimum | 22 year trend reverses | Sharp/McLain |
| 1974 | Bangladesh | Famine | Hundreds of thousands die | Trager |
| 1974 | Darwin, Australia | Cyclone | Destroys city/forcesabandonment | Trager |
| 1974-76 | Zimbabwe | Heavy Rodent infestations | Rainfalls follow drought period | Chikwenhere |
| 1974 | Xenia, Ohio | Tornado | Kills 34/extensive property damage | Trager |
| 1974-75 | Eastern Tropical Pacific | ENSO cool event | Upper ocean low heat content | Sharp/McLain |
| 1974 | Global | Economic Recession | Prices stimulate automation/"Word Processor" | Trager |
| 1973 | Global | Energy Crisis/Oil | OPEC reorganizes energy costs | Trager |
| 1973 | USA | Endangered Species Act | Precedence setting legislation/global protection | Congress |
| 1973 | Honduras/Central Am. | Black Sigatoka banana fungus | Appears, spreads over region/devastates crops | Prager |
| 1972 | USSR/China | Drought/crop failure | Ý | Trager |
| 1972-76 | Chile/Peru | Coastal species vanish | Giant squid, sierra, other species disappear | Sharp/McLain |
| 1973 | Baja California | Peruvian fleet sold/Ensenada | Emergent Mexican wetfish fishery invests | Sharp/McLain |
| 1972-94 | Pakistan/Central America | Malaria blooms | Associated with El Niño rainfall patterns | Epstein |
| 1972 | Peru | Anchoveta fishery "collapses" | Resource crowded into small area by El Niño | Csirke |
| 1972 | India | Drought | >800 died, 50 million more affected, as crops fail | Nash |
| 1972-73 | Pacific wide | ENSO warm event | Substantial records of climate anomalies | Sharp/McLain |
| 1972 | Eastern USA | Tropical Storm "Agnes" | Floods/124 die/thousands homeless | Trager |
| 1972 | USA | Marine Mammal Protection Act | Precedence setting legislation/global protection | Congress |
| 1971 | Vietnam | Heavy rains/flooding | 100 thousand die | NOAA |
| 1971 | Peru | Anchoveta fish catch peaks | Anchoveta fleet/over-capitalization | Prager |
| 1922 | China | Typhoon | 60 thousand die | NOAA |
| 1970 | West Greenland | Cod catches begin rising | Fishery recruitment declines after 20 yrs | Sharp/McLain |
| 1970 | USA Corn Crop declines | New strain fungus | Non-resistant monoculture=high meat prices | Trager |
| 1970 | Egypt | Aswan Dam completed | Seasonal flood cycle stops/sardines dissappear | Trager |
| 1970 | Ganges Delta, Bangladesh | Cyclone - 150mph winds, 50 ft waves | 300-500,000 died | Nash/Trager/NOAA |
| 1970 | So. California | Severe brush fire | Santa Ana" winds/overgrowth=disaster | Trager |
| 1970 | Texas | Hurricane "Celia" | 90% downtown Corpus Christi damag/destr'd | Trager |
| 1970-71 | Eastern Tropical Pacific | ENSO cool event | Upper ocean low heat content | Sharp/McLain |
| 1969 | California | Heavy rains/mud slides | 100 die/10,000 homeless | Trager |
| 1969 | Mississippi/Virginias | Hurricane 'Camille' | 248 die/200,000 homeless | Trager |
| 1968-69 | Pacific wide | ENSO warm event | Eastern Pacific warming trend begins | Sharp/McLain |
| 1968-69 | Northern Namibia | Pilchard catches peak | Recruitment fails/coastal cool events/overfishing | SFRI |
| 1968 | West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, India | Floods & Landslides | >1000 died | Nash |
| 1968 | Biafra/Nigeria | Famines/Starvation | 800,000-millions die | Trager/Nash |
| 1968 | Arabia/Red Sea | Locusts devastate crops | Ý | Trager |
| 1968 | Peru/No.Chile | Anchoveta recruits decline | Coastal upwelling declines/resource more south | Trager |
| 1968 | USA | 58% fish imported | Dept.Interior report pollution=fish kills | Trager |
| 1968-69 | Southern Benguela | Chub Mackerel/Total catch peaks | System shifting to stronger coastal upwelling | SFRI |
| 1967 | Iran/So.Africa/Turkey | Record grain crops | Widespread starvation in India | Trager |
| 1967 | Zaire | Marburg Virus Identified | First recorded outbreak/ | Preston |
| 1967 | Europe/USA | Over production | Fruit/grain prices fall/food destroyed | Trager |
| 1967 | China | Drought/Famine continues | Over 1.5 million perish | NOAA |
| 1967 | Eastern Tropical Pacific | ENSO cool event | Upper ocean low heat content | Sharp/McLain |
Exported from 1967-1976.wkz on 21/03/97 at 13:44:46 PM
