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Climate change: an uncertain future Flashcards

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Event, hazard or disaster

Plate-tectonic theory

Plate Boundaries

Earthquake hazards and impacts

Volcanic eruptions

The Hazard Risk equation

The pressure and release model

Regional / global impacts of tectonic mega events

Multiple Hazard Zone

Hazard-management theory

Modifying the event

Modifying vulnerability

Tectonic hazard profiles

Coastal systems and the landscapes they produce

Geology and the coast

Waves and beaches

Coastal erosion

Coastal transport and deposition

Coastal vegetation

Sub-aerial processes

Sea level change

Rapid coastal retreat

Coastal flooding

Managing the coast

The global hydrological cycle

The drainage basin system

Weather and Climate

Storm Hydrographs

Water insecurity

International water conflict

National water conflict

Hard-engineering soloutions

More sustainable options

Co-operation - an end to water insecurity and conflict?

Wrapping up water

The global carbon cycle

Carbon sequestration

Unbalancing the carbon cycle

Energy security

The fossil fuel crisis

Unconventional fossil fuels

Alternative energy sources

Threats to planetary health

Climate change: an uncertain future

Climate change: preparing for the future

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