Use the following link to summarise the impacts on climate change on tropical stroms. There is a high level of terminology in this document. So read it carefully. Climate change tropical storms.
In the glacial topic you need an awareness of actual examples of what is happening to glaciers around the world. A start is european glaciers - see this website . Make notes on it. Research on glacial movement: http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00020.1
This mock will have the first 4 topics of unit 2 and the last 2 topics of unit 1. The first 4 topics of unit 2 are: 1. Population Dynamics o Demographic Transition Model o Contrasting population pyramids – Germany vs Mali o China anti-natal policy – One child (financial penalties) o Singapore pro-natal policy – Have 3 or more (financial incentives) o Migration – UK – open door within EU, tighter restrictions on people from outside the EU (skills tests) 2. Consuming Resources o Oil – Where is it found? (M. East) who uses it most? (USA, Europe) Problems o Malthus and Boserup’s theories o How local and national government try to achieve sustainability: • Local councils website contains information on why recycling is benefitting the environment. • ...
U sing a named location, explain how hydrometeorological hazards can contribute to a tectonic disaster. • tectonic disaster is when a hazard event causes widespread disruption. • The hydrometeorological hazards that combine with tectonic events include cyclones and associated flash flooding events and droughts • Cyclones are particularly prevalent within the tropics and sometimes occur in countries lying on multiple plate boundaries, e.g. Philippines • Tectonic events can leave steep slopes, rugged land and poor vegetation (if destroyed by, e.g., volcanoes) • Extreme weather events can trigger drought and forest fires that destroy vegetation (e.g. from El-Nino) and excess rainfall and flooding (e.g. from La Nina) • Heavy rainfall events trigger mudslides and landslides, particularly if vegetation has been removed • If heavy rain mixes with volcanic ash, then large lahars might kill many people (e.g. Typhoon Yunya in 1991) • Volcanic eruptions release lots of wate...
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