degrees of warming more than half of the world’s population would die of direct heat. Even 4 degrees of warming would make the deadly European heat wave of 2003‚ that killed over 2‚000 people‚ a normal summer. Unbearable heat coupled with extreme drought causes dehydration across the world; that often times ends in kidney failure‚ leaving patients with weeks to live without the treatments that they simply cannot afford. Wallace-Wells presents a great point of diseases that arise from planet warming
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Introduction Natural hazards are naturally occurring weather patterns and climate events that can cause severe or catastrophic damage to affected areas‚ flora and fauna. Australia suffers from many natural hazards such as bushfires‚ floods‚ heat waves‚ cyclones as well as droughts. Due to our generally hot‚ dry and unpredictable climate the country is prone to many bushfires. Bushfires impact Australia by damaging the environment‚ weakening the economy in addition to creating social distress. Bushfires
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GLOBAL WARMING Global warming is the ‘talk of the town’ in this century‚ with its detrimental effects already being brought to limelight by the recurring events of massive floods‚ annihilating droughts and ravaging cyclones throughout the globe. The average global temperatures are higher than they have ever been during the past millennium‚ and the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere have crossed all previous records. A scrutiny of the past records of 100 years indicates that India figures in the first
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3qbu43A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ 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.[1] An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in an area without
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CROP INSURANCE: A Tool to save Farmers from Calamities EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Crop insurance is one of the various types of insurance that are offered to the people. This insurance is directed to the farmers and agriculturists. This Crop insurance scheme has been going on since the time of Kharif 1985. This insurance offers financial assistance for risk management in agriculture. This insurance policy is a relief scheme for the farmers whose crops get spoiled during natural catastrophe. The
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change‚ extreme weather and health‚ the lines are clear. The earth is saying something with record heat‚ drought‚ storms and fire. Scientists are telling us this is what global warming looks like. It’s time to listen – and take action. There’s plenty we can do. Carbon pollution is the main reason our planet is getting hotter‚ increasing the chances of weather disasters‚ drought and flood and hurting our health. There are solutions. For starters‚ we can cut carbon pollution by reducing our
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irregular environmental catastrophes have occurred more frequently than ever recently. Due to inadequate responsibility‚ people keep ignoring the environment that absolutely causes climate change and the severe pollution. In October 2011‚ the catastrophic flood hit the central region of Thailand so heavily and caused great devastation. From this situation‚ Thai people can feel the mental pain and danger. This essay will outline the widespread environmental problems that influence the quotidian lives of Thai
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warming is expected to account for about 20 percent of the global increase in water scarcity this century. It is predicted that global warming will alter precipitation patterns around the world‚ melt mountain glaciers‚ and worsen the extremes of droughts and floods. Global water consumption increased sixfold in the last century - more than twice the rate of population growth - and will continue growing rapidly in coming decades. Yet readily available freshwater is a finite resource‚ equivalent to less
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Global Warming Life is Changing Global warming is the most urgent environmental problem the world is facing. Few‚ if any‚ trends are more important to our future than climate change caused by ... Severe droughts‚ flooding‚ increased disease‚ and major disruption in ecosystems are the likely consequences of the global warming caused by industrialized human activity‚ or climate changes are a natural part of Earth’s history and no cause for alarm. These two scenarios are polar opposites posited
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industrial salinity. These contrasting types of salinity are arranged to how and where the salt has been located and what the effects are. An example of salinity is the amount of salt that is measured in a fish tank in a house. What is Drought? Drought – Drought is a lengthy period of time of no rainfall bringing about considerable damage to crops and a loss of yield. Occasionally mentioned as “creeping phenomenon” as it constantly adjacent areas successively.
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