Discuss the impacts of storm events in the British Isles and evaluate the responses to them (40 marks) The British Isles has a Cool Temperate Western Maritime Climate which is owing to its location at the edge of a continent, between two seas and subject to the influences of five major air masses; north-westerly, south-westerly, northerly, easterly and southerly. British climate is classified as temperate as it rarely features the extremes of heat or cold, rain, drought or wind that are common in
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Patricia Wilkerson SCI201-1403A-09 Phase 1 (DB2) Prof Tanyi Obenson July 11, 2014 Sustainability is a way of having and controlling the resources that we need to survive for now and in the future. Stewardship is the moral and ethical structure that informs the public and the government of what is happening and what needs to be done to correct it. Amazon Rainforest has issues because of commercial agriculture. Many of the trees are being cut down in order to grow their crops. They cut the
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billion people that rely on forests for food and economic activity (Greenpeace). Forests also serve as habitats to rare and undiscovered animal and plant species and play a key role in providing water and preventing flooding and erosion (Greenpeace). Tropical rainforests are diverse ecosystems that are home to millions of species. These forests continue to shrink as they are exploited for wood and cleared
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Whatever Happened to the 100-Year Event? They're big, we know them when we see them, and we remember them. By STEVEN SULLIVAN B y September 16, 2013, more than 4,500 square miles of Colorado were under water. That’s an area roughly the size of Delaware by some estimates; others compared it to Connecticut. The territory on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains had already been subjected to six straight days and 17 inches of rain, more than five inches above the annual average
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DEFORESTATION Environmental Science with Lab Sabbir Chowdhury November 1, 2015 ILAB 1 Exercise 1: Discuss 5 products that come from tropical rain forests. Tropical rain forest consist of many types of products, because of deforestation many types of plants and products are getting demolished. This is a negative sign for the rainforest because the more deforestation there is the smaller the chance of finding rain forest products. Some of the products which you will find in the rain forest
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Discuss the impacts of storm events in the British Isles and evaluate the response to them (40) The British Isles have variable weather, which may differ from day to day and many storms can pass unnoticed. They regularly experience stormy weather from depressions mainly originating in the Atlantic and move East to the UK due to its location at about 50 degrees north where the Polar Jet Stream will often cross over bringing these unpredictable weather systems. Depressions are areas of low atmospheric
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Compare and comment on the economic and social effects of flooding in two contrasting areas of the world. (15) Level 1 (1-6 marks) Describes the social and/or economic effects of flooding. Information likely to be generic – case study named only. Some similarities/differences apparent at top end. Separate accounts. Level 2 (7-12 marks) Description of effects of floods is more specific and precise – begins to distinguish between social and economic or this is implicit. Information relates
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Tropical Rainforest Megan L. Cleveland SCI/256 JUNE 14, 2015 Mr. Davis Tropical Rainforest An ecosystem is a unique environment where every living thing is interdependent, and one of the most complex yet most interesting ecosystems in the world will be found in the rainforest. The dark and recessed thick plant growth make it one of the most moist places on Earth. If a person studies the plants and animals that compromise the rainforest ecosystem; a person can gain a basic understanding
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Abstract Floods are very dangerous natural hazards. Every year they cost millions if not billions of dollars in damages, to people everywhere. They affect a lot of people worldwide. Floods can also be caused by a number of events. Snow melts, tropical storms, and dam or levee breaks are just a few of the causes of floods. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are in the natural flood plains of rivers. While river flood damage can be eliminated by moving away from rivers and
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El Niño and La Niña Worksheet After exploring the websites, you will have enough information to answer the following questions. There are 19 true/false questions and 1 short answer question that need to be answered. Submit your work to your instructor and then complete the El Niño and La Niña Quiz. The information below explains how to answer the questions. * If the statement is True, answer True for full credit. * If the statement is False, answer False for half credit and
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