Global hazard trends- Is the world becoming more hazardous?
- Created by: TheQueenIsAlive
- Created on: 25-03-15 08:20
- Number of reported disasters risen sharply since 1960s
- Particularly hyrdrometeorological; floods and storms accounted for 70% of disasters globally in last 40 years
- Rising number of pop. living in hazard hotspots
- Indonesia: hotspot for tectonic activity, as a result of mobile plate boundary where Indian plate is being subducted beneath the Burma plate (destructive boundary)
- Rising trend might be result of global warming
- Global Warming- greater magnitude, higher frequency
El Nino/ La Nina:
- Affects winds + ocean currents
- Lasts for 7- 10 years
- El Nino years: unusually heavy rain in Peru and California, dry conditions in Indonesia and Australia, leads to drought
- La Nina: unusually heavy rain in Australia and Indonesia and drought in America (Californian drought + wildfires
- Hurricanes in Atlantic increased in La Nina years and reduced in…
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