seems to have already begun. The planet is a living thing‚ and like every living thing it does know how to defend itself. The weapons our beloved planet Earth is using to protect itself are natural disasters. Natural disasters are actually natural hazards‚ like storms and earthquakes‚ which when affect human activities turn into natural disasters. It causes financial loss to humans‚ and environment loss to the planet. An earthquake occurring in an uninhabited area will only be a
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warming. Where these are dynamics that threaten our quality of life‚ they are also by-products of an even greater danger. The single most paramount menace that threatens human survival is the deforestation of tropical rain forests by the hands of man in the name of progress. The only way to remedy this ominous hazard is to get people to view tropical rain forests as more than mere varieties of vegetation and wild animals. The key to solidifying the necessity of tropical rain forests lies deep within the
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because it is the home of Nigeria’s oil industry‚ with its attendant environmental hazards such as water‚ land‚ air pollution‚ etc. Human activities and those of oil exploration and exploitation raise a number of issues such as depletion of biodiversity‚ coastal and river bank erosion‚ flooding‚ oil spillage‚ gas flaring‚ noise pollution‚ sewage and waste water pollution‚ land degradation and soil fertility loss‚ deforestation‚ etc which pose great challenges to women’s economic development of the Niger
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slope materials such as rock debris and earth‚ under the influence of gravity. Strategies for Landslide Risk Treatment Landslide risk treatment is the ultimate objective of the risk management process which aims to mitigate the effects of the hazard. This encompasses a five-pronged strategy comprising: i) Treating vulnerable slopes and existing hazardous landslides. ii) Restricting development in landslide-prone areas. iii) Preparing codes for excavation‚ construction and grading. iv) Protecting
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region‚ the existing industries‚ deforestation and flood are causing serious problem to the environment in the region. The major environmental problems can be summarised as follows: 1. Deforestation 2. Flood 3. Industrial activities a. Coal mining operation b. Crude oil exploration c. Petroleum refinery d. Fertilizer industries e. Paper industries f. Cement industries 4. Automobile Exhaust Emission 5. Water quality of river Brahmaputra 1. Deforestation: Inspite of the existence of several
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taking place and it makes it very difficult for a viable ecosystem to establish itself and flourish. Main causes: Natural hazards are excluded as a cause of land degradation‚ however human activities can indirectly affect phenomenon such as floods and bushfires. Overgrazing by livestock can lead to land degradation. Land clearances such as clear cutting and deforestation have a big impact on Nauru. Agricultural reduction of soil nutrients through poor farming practices are also a major cause of
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1. INTRODUCTION: The significance of environmental factors to the health and well-being of human populations’ is increasingly apparent. Environment pollution is a worldwide problem and its potential to influence the health of human populations is great. Pollution reaches its most serious proportions in the densely settled urban-industrial centers of the more developed countries . In poor countries of the world more than 80% polluted water have been used for irrigation with only seventy
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the area. Flooding may occur after a prolonged period of rainfall resulting in the overflowing of the river banks‚ along with the impermeable surfaces of the developed area. It is also said that the intensity of the flooding is affected by the deforestation of the hillsides‚ as the rains
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welfare of the people.[1] In 2007‚ the World Health Organization released a report ranking Afghanistan lowest among non-African nations in deaths from environmental hazards. Contents 1 Deforestation 2 Wildlife 3 Water shortages 4 Urban pollution 4.1 Domestic and industrial waste 4.2 Air pollution 5 See also 6 References Deforestation A village in Badghis province The population depends on forests for fuelwood and the revenue generated by export of pistachios and almonds‚ which grow in
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Animal that has gone extinct ( Alasmidonta mccordi The Coosa elktoe‚ scientific name Alasmidonta mccordi‚ was a species of freshwater mussel‚ an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae‚ the river mussels. This species was endemic to the United States. [pic] I didn’t manage to find any specific ecological role of Coosa Elktoe‚ however I found the ecological role of mussels. Mussels play a key role in aquatic environments and are considered to be "ecosystem engineers" because they modify
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