Tropical Cyclones & Floods & Droughts: Australia is well known for it’s natural disasters including BushFires‚ Floods‚ Droughts and Tropical Cyclones. The major disasters being Tropical Cyclones and Droughts. A cyclone is a large-scale‚ atmospheric wind and pressure system characterized by low pressure at it’s centre and by circulating motion‚ counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. An example of a tropical cyclone is Australia’s deadliest one yet
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Writing Assignment #3—Drought The National Drought Mitigation Center conceptually defines drought as “a protracted period of deficient precipitation resulting in extensive damage to crops‚ resulting in loss of yield”. Three indicators of drought include below normal soil moisture‚ reduced stream flow‚ and‚ most obviously‚ lack of precipitation. These indicators can be kept track of in order to help mitigate the effects of drought. The U.S. Drought monitor makes maps of the United States
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Air pollution Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals‚ particulate matter‚ or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms‚ or cause damage to the natural environment or built environment‚ into the atmosphere. The atmosphere is a complex dynamic natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health as well as to the Earth’s
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DROUGHT Mitigation through Ground water recharges techniques In Texas and other parts of world. Case study on Baluchistan largest part of Pakistan By JALALUDDIN QURESHI‚ Ph.D. Email:iwses@live.com Professor environment & Geology‚ Houston community college‚ Texas Different aspects of drought have been discussed in this paper. Like how drought differs from other natural disasters. Different types of drought viz meteorological‚ agricultural‚ and hydrological have been defined. Rainfall pattern
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DROUGHT Definition How does it happens/causes Types Damage Connection with other hazzards Example an extended period when a region receives a deficiency in its water supply‚ whether atmospheric‚ surface or ground water. Drought can be caused by too little precipitation (rain and snow) over an extended period --------------------------- It can also be caused by increased demand for the available supply of usable water ----------------------------- Human activity can directly trigger exacerbating
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organisms in our body system react to antibiotics‚ which makes these organisms resistant to antibiotic treatment. Teaching infection control through learning of isolation precaution can decrease the spread of infection in critical care units. The goal of this project is to ensure each person understands the different isolation precautions and practices to minimize the spread of these bacteria to staff‚ visitors and other patients in this unit. Nurses can educate and reinforce protocols to those individuals
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March 1st 2011 MAST 1 Universal Precautions Universal precautions are guidelines regarding to infection control. These guidelines are used to safeguard workers from coming in contact with diseases that are spread by blood and certain body fluids. The Laboratory Centre for Disease Control‚ U.S. Centers for Disease Control‚ Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada have come up with a policy of “Universal Precautions.” These are guidelines to prevent transmission of blood-borne pathogens
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Isolation Precautions Special precautionary measures‚ practices‚ and procedures used in the care of patients with contagious or communicable diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides explicit and comprehensive guidelines for control of the spread of infectious disease in the care of hospitalized patients. The type of infectious disease a patient has dictates the kind of isolation precautions necessary to prevent spread of the disease to others. Standard Precautions are the
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“Drought: Can Conservation Make a Difference” Living in a country with rapidly growing population‚ conservation is an increasingly pressing matter. This dilemma is more prevalent in times of drought. Individuals have to play a part to manage water and to keep from soil erosion. However‚ making a population do something is a difficult objective to achieve. I offer a solution in three ways: one‚ that a fine is imposed on citizens that go over a certain amount and two‚ we make appliances and
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Drought and livelihoods: Understanding the impacts on dryland farmers and their adaptation constraints in northern Bangladesh Abstract The present article focuses on the understanding of drought impacts on dryland farmers and their adaptation constraints in northern Bangladesh that causes a lot of damage in agro-production and strictly changes the pattern of livelihood‚ increasing the vulnerability of the farmers almost every year. This study assesses livelihood framework and adaptation strategy
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