Tsunami in Japan The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued warnings for Russia‚ Taiwan‚ Hawaii‚ Indonesia‚ the Marshall Islands‚ Papua New Guinea‚ Australia‚ and the west coasts the U.S.‚ Mexico‚ Central America‚ and South America Earthquake Causes Nuclear Disaster The cooling system at the reactor failed shortly after the earthquake. Officials feared that a meltdown may occur‚ and radioactive material was detected outside the plant. These fears were realized on Sunday‚ when officials said they
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mask everytime we went out even for a short walk from the house to the car‚ because the particles in the haze is very tiny it can enter the lungs and can caused lung cancer. I had done some research about the haze‚ it was caused by the fires in Sumatra Forest. The haze in Malaysia this year is worse than it was in 1997 and 2002‚ both years of major forest burning in Indonesia. The World Resources Institute has produced an analysis of where the fires are‚ based on NASA’s Active Fire Data and the
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Known as one of the worst disasters in the world’s history‚ the Boxing day tsunami took place on December 26‚ 2004. The tsunami destroyed over 12 different countries and islands‚ including Sumatra‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Thailand‚ and many more located by the Indian ocean. It had continued trekking countries in the Indian Ocean for over two days and left a devastating mess(Malcolm Moore and Meabh Ritchie). The only good that might have come from this terrible day in history was more knowledge about
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years in prison and one hundred million Rupiah fine under 1985 law. Even though the punishment is severe‚ dynamite fishing still happens frequently throughout Indonesia. Recently this week‚ dynamite fishing is spotted at Aceh‚ Northern and Southern Sumatra‚ the Seribu Islands in Jakarta Bay‚ the East Nusa Tenggara islands and Sulawesi. The reason for this behavior is that this method of fishing is very advantageous for fisherman because it allows them to get lots of fish fast. But is it still advantageous
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explain these problems and how we can try to fix them. In Tsunami¡¦s Destroy the World by: John Johnson talks about the tsunami that happened last year. After a huge earthquake on the 26th of December with its epicenter near the Indonesian island of Sumatra sent walls of water smashing into coasts of Indonesia and neighboring countries‚ as many as 280‚000 people lost their lives and more than one million people were displaced. Three months later‚ 1‚300 people were killed on the Indonesian island of Nias
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direct descendants of humans outside of Africa. These people continued to migrate from 85‚000 to 75‚000 bce along the coast of the Indian Ocean into Indonesia and continued through Borneo and eventually into southern China. In 74‚000 bce Mt Toba in Sumatra erupted causing a 1‚000 year ice age. It is believed at this time that the human population decreased to roughly 10‚000. This is believed to have caused the southern migration into Australia and New Guinea that occurred between 74‚000 bce and 65‚000
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Natural Devastation The largest earthquake in 40 years shifted huge geological plates beneath the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26‚ 2004‚ causing a immense and abrupt displacement of millions of tons of water. Indonesia villages closest to the epicenter were swamped within minutes‚ while elsewhere the waves radiated outward‚ making landfall at speeds topping 500 mph (www.cbsnews.com). The phenomenon we call tsunami is a series of large waves of extremely long wavelength and period usually generated by
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NAME: LI YUAN SING STUDENT ID: SCS/1303/055 IC NUMBER: 950320-13-5414 TOPIC: Open Fire Burning. How Does It Affect Us? ABSTRACT Open burning is the disposal of any waste material in an open‚ outside flame and can be a substantial wellspring of air contamination. Smoke from open burning contains fine particles‚ gasses and other harmful results of burning that can be breathed in profoundly into the lungs. Exploratory studies have interfaced presentation to fine particles to trouble in breathing
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Discussion questions chapter 6 1)How have geographical features influence the political social and cultural development of india? The Himalayan mountains in the north of India act as a natural buffer from China. This is important‚ because China to the North has been a powerful country in history. The natural break has caused both nations to be separate and free from war. The Ganges river is one of the longest in the world and has been used to cultivate crops. The Ganges is the 7th longest
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group of people to look to an individual for leadership. For the ladies in the Prisoners of War camp in the film “Paradise Road” this individual was Adrienne. Leadership quality’s where displayed from Adrienne right from when she firsts arrives in Sumatra when she snaps at Captain Tanaka stating that “…there is a Geneva convention laying down the rules of war”. These defiant words in the face of danger portray Adrienne as someone who is willing to stand up for what she believes in. Again heroic qualities
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