causes climate change and According to UNEP‚ the great increase in numbers of extreme weather events in this decade is a direct result of climate change. Moreover‚ many scientists around the world believed that the 2004 Thailand’s tsunami is the most devastating tsunami ever occurred. Thirdly‚ more than a million species are face extinction from changing climate‚ disappearing habitat‚ and acidifying oceans. For example‚ polar bears are suffering from the sea-ice loss. So now we know why we have
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New Risks Begin to Surface COLOMBO‚ Sri Lanka‚ 29 December 2004 - The devastating tsunamis that struck south Asia on December 26 have left over 21‚700 dead and thousands of children‚ women and men missing in Sri Lanka‚ one of nine countries that were affected by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and its aftereffects. More than 700‚000 people have been displaced from their homes. These survivors face an array of dangers -- disease‚ lack of clean water and sanitation facilities. "We are very concerned
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Advantages and Disadvantages of international aids Cultural and economic advantages and disadvantages Introduction This chapter discusses the cultural and economic advantages and disadvantages for Australia that result from its Indonesian aid links. The discussed economic and cultural benefits include the long-term development of Indonesia and its region and the improvement of employment and investment opportunities for Australian businesses and of training opportunities. The discussed economic
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SST PROJECT TOPIC: LANDSLIDE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to express our special thanks of gratitude to our teacher ‚MRS. Rajashri Behera‚ who gave us the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic –LANDSLIDE. It also helped in doing a lot of research and we came to know about various types of new things. We would also like to thank our parents who helped us a lot in this project. There should also be a special thanks to our group members who cooperated in all the activities
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NATURAL DISASTERS A natural disaster is a major adverse event‚ which can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage. There are many types of natural disasters: avalanches‚ earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions‚ floods‚ tsunamis‚ blizzards‚ droughts‚ hailstorms‚ tornadoes‚ wildfires. If an adverse event occurs in an area without vulnerable population‚ it will not have such disastrous consequences‚ as if it occurs in area of vulnerable population as in San Francisco. One
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Reportage- Natural Disasters: How do they affect the human beings? It is the 31 December of 2004. We are heading for a new year with new expectations‚opportunities and goals. However we have experienced a Tsunami that just very recently struck Thailand. This has left some traces and marks. How has this natural disaster really affected the human beings? I am about to find out. As I walk the beach of Khao Lake I see destruction so far from the paradise pictures I am used of seeing. It is forenoon
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The Earthquake-Resilient Building The Brilliant Idea: A replaceable‚ building-wide system to help hospitals‚ apartment buildings and office towers survive severe seismic shaking. By Logan Ward and the Editors of Popular Mechanics September 30‚ 2010 6:30 AM Elastic high-strength steel cables run down the center of the system’s frame. The cables control the rocking of the building and‚ when the earthquake is over‚ pull it back into proper alignment. A steel frame situated around a building’s
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Of all the ancient civilizations lost to the ages‚ one that remains surrounded by legend is Atlantis. Stories of an ancient superpower of sea faring people that vanished in a single day have been told for centuries. Such stories continue to baffle archeologist to this day. If such stories were true‚ where is the evidence to support the existence of Atlantis? Unlike other civilizations‚ Atlantis did not leave behind great pyramids or giant monoliths. The only bit of evidence to conclude to Atlantis’s
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Public Policy towards Natural Disasters in India Disconnect Between Resolutions and Reality 2005 Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (A Programme of NCAS) B-64‚ Second Floor‚ Sarvodaya Enclave‚ New Delhi- 110 017‚ India Tel: 91-11-26537603 E-mail: cbadelhi@vsnl.net National Centre for Advocacy Studies (http://www.ncasindia.org) Serenity Complex‚ Ramnagar Colony‚ Pune- 411 021‚ India Tel: 91-20-22952003 / 4 E-mail: ncas@vsnl.com Public Policy towards Natural Disasters in India
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was the cause of the accident. The main reason for the accident was the design of the nuclear power plant which did not take into account the double impact of a powerful earthquake and consequential tsunami. In fact‚ the earthquake did not completely destroy the nuclear power plant; it was the tsunami that followed that destroyed the emergency diesel generators‚ and caused the whole plant to lose all its internal and external AC power supply. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor used water as a coolant
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