least difficult way possible. Jared Diamond developed a theory that the growth of a civilization‚ starting from scratch‚ depended on its “geographic luck” - the advantages and disadvantages the region comprised of. (Type of climate‚ agriculture‚ landforms‚ i.e.) China held a decent amount of crop/food related resources‚ but most of these crops required a warm‚ moist environment and would only prosper under certain conditions. Eastern Asia was dry and subarctic‚ making it difficult for crops to
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Being the second largest country in the world by landmass‚ it is not surprising that Canada has several landform regions. With almost 60 percent of all Canadians living in this area (Clarke‚ 2015)‚ the Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Lowlands is the best place to live in Canada because of the relatively mild temperatures‚ the fertile soil‚ and the surplus of freshwater. Since the Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Lowlands is located at the southernmost point of Canada‚ the temperatures there are among the highest
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Secondary data is gathered via secondary research and involves information that has already been collated/interpreted by someone else for another purpose- for example: Census data Australian economic growth figures Tourist numbers Books‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ internet articles on a certain subject There are two types of secondary data: Internal: data that has already been collected from internal sources such as internal sales data‚ consumer feedback and other research reports External: published
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New knowledge about the Minoan culture has been revealed in the Island of Crete. In the video‚ Sandy McGillivray believes that the Knossos palace‚ the largest Cretan palace‚ was more of a temple rather than a palace to harness the power of the sun. He realized that each of the doorways aligns with the rising sun on different key days of the year‚ and believes that it is a solar temple‚ like the Egyptians who worshipped the sun‚ moon‚ and stars. In the palace‚ there were many potteries and fresco
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floods‚ volcanic eruptions etc. Earthquakes and their Occurence What is an Earthquake? An earthquake is a sudden rapid vibration along the earth’s crust due to individual tremors‚ sometimes causing great destruction to the earth’s lithosphere and its inhabitants. Earthquakes occur both on land and sea.They may occur at areas where plates collide (subduction zones/ convergent plate margins) ; where plates slide past eachother along fault lines (transform plate margins) or due to volcanic eruption
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Monitoring Volcanic Eruptions with a Wireless Sensor Network Geoffrey Werner-Allen∗ ‚ Jeff Johnson† ‚ Mario Ruiz‡ ‚ Jonathan Lees‡ ‚ and Matt Welsh∗ University {werner‚ mdw}@eecs.harvard.edu † University of New Hampshire jeff.johnson@unh.edu ‡ University of North Carolina {mruiz‚ leesj}@email.unc.edu ∗ Harvard Abstract— This paper describes our experiences using a wireless sensor network to monitor volcanic eruptions with low-frequency acoustic sensors. We developed a wireless sensor array
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Mt Pinatubo Introduction Where: Mount Pinatubo‚ Philippines‚ Asia When: June 12th-15th‚ 1991 Type of volcano: Strato or composite volcano Type of eruption: Explosive - the second biggest eruption this century Deaths: 300 people died‚ 1000’s were evacuate Mount Pinatuba had been dormant for 500 years. The first sign that this situation might be changing occured on July 16‚ 1990 when a magnitude 7.8 earthquake (roughly the size of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake) struck about
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------------------------------------------------- Natural disaster A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ tsunami‚ volcanic‚ earthquakes‚ tornadoes and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. The causes of natural disasters
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AIR QUALITY CONTROL Table of Contents TOPIC | PAGE NUMBER(S) | DEFINITION | | COMMON AIR POLLUTANTS | | MAN-MADE SOURCES | | NATURAL SOURCES | | TECHNICAL BRIEF OF THE GAME | | CONCLUSION | | REFERENCES | | DEFINITION This is also known as atmospheric pollution. It can be classified as ambient (outdoor) air and indoor air. Many materials that are considered contaminants and pollutants are found naturally existing in the atmosphere. A definition
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Introduction East African Rift Valley is one of the most extensive rifts on the Earth ’s surface; the valley is about 6‚400 kilometers long‚ averages 48 to 64 kilometers wide and has a depth from a few hundred to several thousand meters. The huge‚ brittle tectonic plates that make up Earth ’s crust normally move only a few centimeters per year‚ not fast enough to be noticeable in a human lifetime. However‚ in the East African Rift Valley‚ this tectonic motion is happening with remarkable speed
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