Global challenges case studies
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- Global challenges case studies
- Hazards
- Philippines
- Key hazard types
- Volcanoes- Pinitubo
- It lies in the destructive plate boundary and has high frequency
- Drought
- Happens because of El Nino
- Typhoon
- Warm water sea is supposed to be 27oc the warm water causes evaporation
- Flood
- La Nina causing warm water an more evaporation
- Earthquake
- Due to the destructive plate boundary
- Volcanoes- Pinitubo
- Key hazard types
- California
- Key hazard types
- Earthquakes- San Andrea fault
- Due to the conservative plate boundary
- Land slides on the north east coast
- Due to heavy rain fall on the hills
- Wild fires
- In California mountains hot air rises causing fanning flames on the mountain tops. The high wind blows east to west which cause the rapid spread of fire.
- Drought
- caused when there is no rain for a long period of time and very hot humid weather.
- Flooding
- Caused by El Nino as heavy rain due to warm waters and avaporation
- Earthquakes- San Andrea fault
- Key hazard types
- Philippines
- Climate change
- Africa
- Loss of crops everywhere
- Social economic impact
- Rising sea levels at coast kills crops
- Drought makes it impossible for crops to grow
- Increased temperatures 0.5oc warmer
- Social and environmental impact
- Due to climate change
- Rising sea levels
- Environmental impact
- Due to permafrost melting and thermal expansion
- Loss of crops everywhere
- Arctic
- Sea ice melting
- Environmental impact
- Sea temperature rising and global temperature rising
- polar bears
- Environmental impact
- Sea ice melting which reduces the habitat and hunting ground for polar bears
- Permafrost
- Environmental impact
- Melting ice releases methane powerful green house gasses
- Trees
- Environmental impact
- More trees growing tandura getting smaller as more trees taking over the ice
- Ice caps
- Environmental impact
- Increased global temperature. more ice caps melting
- Sea ice melting
- Africa
- Hazards
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