Penultimatey, due to the rise in temperature natural wonders of the world will be destroyed for example the Glaciers National Park in Montana, United States. 103 years ago there was 150 glaciers, however, now there has been a decrease by 120 glaciers because many have melted. It is predicted that within the next 30 years, most/ all of the glaciers will have disappeared. Finally, due to the increase of global temperature many African countries have been suffering from drought. In Kenya, every 3
On the other hand, the total number of people reported affected by natural disasters has increased from 0, to 250 millions over the last 50 years. This shows that the population is growing, and more people are choosing to live in hazardous areas, thus concluding that more people will be affected. The number of disasters has increased but the numbers of deaths has fallen. This could be because of global warming, which has increased the number of hurricanes, tornadoes and other tragedies (hydro metrological hazards). On the other hand, the number of deaths has fallen because of Predictions, (which are 90% accurate, and help give a better understating of the disaster unfolding) Precautions, (meaning people don’t take any chances, and evacuate their homes) and Preparedness (working as community to prepare for any disaster).
Fear drives opposition to gun control By David Frum (CNN) -- There will be no new gun laws after the Aurora shooting for the basic reason that the American people do not want them. Over the past 20 years, support for gun control has collapsed in the United States. Three-quarters of Americans want to keep the right to own handguns, weapons whose only function is to kill human beings at close range. In 1959, 60% of Americans wanted handguns banned outright for all but police officers. Little to gain, lots to lose for Obama and Romney on guns Responding to public opinion, states have loosened gun laws to allow citizens to carry weapons with them almost anywhere they go.
Post disaster reports show that over 15 000 lives were lost. There were many reports of long-period ground motions near Tokyo, Nagoya and, Osaka. There was also a precursor earthquake to this, which happened on March 9, 2011 approximately 35 kilometers from the epicenter of the main earthquake on March 11. There was an estimated economical loss ranging from 100 billion US dollars to 500 billion dollars. There was a series of aftershocks from this earthquake since the original hit, some registering over 6 on the Richter scale.
Those friends you thought that would stay with you forever are now long gone into the abyss of the real world. I look back at my yearbooks and there is a hole, a huge gaping hole. This hole is really only apparent to me at this point and and probably my transcript. In 2010, I was asked if I would like to skip the 8th grade and I said yes. Skipping a grade was unheard of in the small town of Daleville Alabama.
This was followed by a cold spell in August and September. Because of this weather, corn and oats could not ripen, and wheat and rye completely failed, creating a smaller harvest than usual (29-32). Within months, the whole country was hungry. Prices had risen on what food was available. The King tried implementing several policies to increase the food supply, such as price controls on livestock and restrictions on the production of ales and other products made from the limited supply of grain.
Between 1947 and 2005, honeybee colony numbers in the United States declined by over 40%, from 5.9 million to 2.4 million. In the 1980’s bee decline accelerated and by the autumn of 2006 beekeepers began reporting the disappearances of entire colonies of bees, ostensibly overnight. 30% to 90% of their beehives were gone, with honeybees flying away from their hives, never to return. Scientists named this phenomenon “Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)”. CCD refers to the complete absence of adult honey bees in a colony.
Millions of acres of farmland became useless and hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes and migrated to California and to other states. Owning no land, many migrant workers traveled from farm to farm to pick fruit and other crops at starvation wages (Hornbeck, pg16-18). During The Early European and American Exploration of the Great Plains, the region in which the Dust Bowl occurred was thought unsuitable for European-style agricultural endeavors were primarily cattle ranching with some cultivation, however a series of harsh winters beginning in 1886, followed by a short drought in 1890 which led to an expansion of land under cultivation (Egan pg20-22). It was an important determinant of The Great Depression because throughout the 1930’s more than a million acres of land were affected by The Dust Bowl, thousands of farmers lost their livelihood, property, and mass migration patterns began to emerge, farmers left rural American in search of work in urban areas (Haberler, pg 70-72), During The Great Depression, severe drought conditions prevailed much of The United States plains soil turned to dust and large dark clouds could be seen across the horizon in Texas. Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico.
The Impact of Japan Earthquake on Japan’s Macroeconomy The Impact of Japan Earthquake on Japan’s Macroeconomy Since the Bubble Economy was collapsed, Japan gradually recovered. However, the 8.9-magnitude earthquake imposed a big blow on Japan. It not only dramatically affected Japan’s macroeconomy, but also caused neighbor countries’ and even global economic and political changes. On March 11 2011, Japan was rattled by the powerful earthquake and tsunami which claimed close to 20, 000 lives across swathes of the eastern coast (Demetriou, 2011). Fukushima, the nuclear power plants center, had been one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters regions.
The second shall outline other important situations that can lead to a higher death toll. The final paragraph will look at post-earthquake situations. The earthquake that hit Japan in 2010 killed approximately 15, 840 people. The earthquake reached 9 on the Richter scale. This was one of the largest earthquakes since modern recording technology.