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Global Hazards
What is a hazard,
What two types can natural hazard...,
Term disaster
16
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Hazard Distribution
What is the earth s crust made up of,
What are two types of crust plate...,
Why do plates move
14
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Disaster Hotspot Case Study- California
What is a disaster hotspot,
Earthquakes in california,
When do earthquakes occur
11
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Disaster Hotspot Case Study- The Phillipines
Where is the philippines,
Volcanoes in the philippines,
Tectonic risks in the philippines
10
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Evidence For Climate Change
What is climate change,
Long term climate change patterns,
Medium term climate change patterns
13
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Causes of Climate Change
What 4 natural changes to the ear...,
In what 3 ways does the earth s m...,
How does a tilt in the earth caus...
11
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Impacts of Climate Change
What are the consequences of glob...,
What do increased global temperat...,
Name an international group of sc...
13
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Climate Change- Case Studies
How is global warming affecting t...,
What are some environmental impac...,
What are some ecological impacts ...
9
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Coping with Climate Change
Approaches to coping with climate...,
What are mitigation strategies,
What are adaptation strategies
8
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Global Hazards- The Future
Give an example of how increasing...,
Give an example of conflicts can ...,
What strategies have been propose...
5
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World at Risk: Global Hazards
Natural event,
Natural hazard,
Natural disaster
7
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The Disaster Risk Equation
Risk,
What is capacity to cope,
Hazard
4
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Hurricane Katrina
When did it happen,
What area was affected,
Wind speed
9
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The Boxing Day Tsunami
Tsunamis occur where,
What was the strength of the eart...,
How high was the sea raised
6
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New Orleans
The capacity to cope should have ...,
Chronic hazard,
Context hazard
5
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El Nino and Natural Hazards
What is el nino,
What does el nino have an impact on,
What happens during el nino years
9
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Flooding in Uckfield
Flood events in uckfield have bee...,
Why is uckfield so prone to flooding,
When was the uckfield flood
6
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California and Philippines
Hazards in the philippines,
Mount pinatubo s volcanic eruptio...,
Some hazard risks in the philippi...
6
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Introduction to Climate Change
Weather,
Climate,
Ice core how does it work
12
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Climate Feedbacks
What is thermohaline circulation,
What is positive feedback,
What is an increase in river flow...
4
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Impacts of Global Warming
Positives,
Negatives
2
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Impact of climate change on the Arctic Region
Temperature rises,
Albedo effect,
Impacts natural systems
5
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Impact of climate change on Africa
Due to the variety of climates in...,
Why are africas population vulner...,
Water issues
9
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Vulnerable areas
Named area low lying bangladesh,
Named area low lying but already ...,
Named area small low lying island...
3
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