Monitoring our home planet

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The Internet is a powerful tool that provides the ability to monitor natural phenomena and disasters that happen all over planet Earth.

In this assignment, you will research resources available on the Internet for monitoring natural phenomena including earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, global climate, and weather.

Based on your research, do the following:

  • Identify a minimum of three different natural phenomena that are typically responsible for natural disasters. Analyze the potential impact of these disasters.
  • Analyze how these phenomenon are monitored, or not, via the Internet. Critique available Web sites, which publicly display up-to-date monitored information related to each of the natural phenomena you have identified. Focus on the following aspects:
    • Geography
      • What parts of the world are potentially affected by these phenomena? Specifically identify the countries.
    • Resources
      • What kinds of resources are allocated toward monitoring these phenomena and why?
      • What types of Web resources monitor the phenomena and provide up-to-date information about them?
      • What kinds of technology are involved in monitoring the phenomena?
    • Politics
      • What political ramifications would this disaster-preparedness technology cause between more-developed countries and less-developed countries?
      • What kinds of issues could this technology cause between less-developed countries?
    • Economics
      • How would this technology directly impact the economies of those countries that have the technology versus those countries that do not?
      • Do you predict any indirect impacts? What current evidence supports your position?
    • Disaster Preparedness
      • What types of systems are in place in terms of disaster preparedness related to these monitored phenomena?
  • Summarize your findings. Evaluate how this technology will impact the future of humanity, both positively and negatively. Be sure to consider the political and economic issues discussed in your future predictions.

Support your statements with examples. Use a minimum of six reliable references, two of which should be peer-reviewed articles.

Write a 7–8-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

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Question 1
Identifying three different types of natural phenomenon that are responsible in
causing natural disaster as well as analyze their potential impacts.
The three primary inherent aspect accountable for creating natural disaster includes:
(a) Earthquake: This occurs when earth shake occurs due to movement of the earth’s
crust.
(b) Tsunami: This is described as massive waves caused by earthquakes as it destroys
properties when it flows on the land.
(c) Volcano: This is a mountain containing hot melted rocks that release gas, ash, and
steam from inside to the extent that it causes earth burst
The impacts of earthquakes.
In most cases, the significant initial impacts are a collapse of the buildings. The
secondary effects may include fire outbreak due to disorder in electrical control as well as
damages to the waters system. The earthquake may also result in a loss due to tsunami-related
effects.
Impacts of volcano
During a volcanic eruption, there are several incidents of rocks collapse leading to high
chances of the formation of the second lava. During such episodes, there are chances of flora and
fauna destructions by the flowing lava. The third effect of volcanoes eruption, the volcanic ash
when assaulted with water is likely to have a diverse effect on a human being as well as on their
livestock and plant materials. Pyroclastic flow on the environment is an adverse effect on Human
being as it is an immediate destroyer on the situation.

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Impacts of tsunami

Its effect depends on the seismic events. The tsunami has an effect on a rapid increase of
land water level accompanied by a mixture of different huge waves that in most circumstance
affect both plants and animals on land as well as on properties. All the above phenomenon have
been known to have adverse natural consequences on both ...


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