As expressed before, hurricane Irma had a strong impact towards my family and friends, and I took rapid measures to get prepared, so never underestimate and storm and always be…
More than half of these victims were senior citizens. Keep seniors safe and sound, and help them plan for hurricane season. Sign up for Seniors Safe and Sound. The storm surge from Katrina was 20-feet (six meters) high.…
In recent weeks there has been numerous natural disasters in several different places. From Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas, to the extreme fires in Los Angeles, California, to Hurricane Irma becoming a Category 5 hurricane that is about to hit South Florida and could possibly make its way up the east coast of the United States and even hit us here in New York in a week or two, to Tropical Storm Jose forming right behind Hurricane Irma, and many other storms and disasters that aren't being talked about because there is just too much going on. The aftermath of these disasters are brutal to the people and their communities. Some people don't even make it out alive and many of those who do have to find new homes and overcome many obstacles…
apable effects of a warming world. Miami, and major parts of Florida are a great risk from the earth’s changing climate as the rising oceans threaten to swallow most of the southern half of the state. Tensions between Bangladesh and India intensify as the rising sea water threatens to displace millions of people, with India’s only solution to the issue being to build a larger border. “The Siege of Miami”, written by Elizabeth Kolbert, paints a terrifying portrait of the consequences of rising sea levels with its effect on human populations. Using scientific evidence as well as with her own personal experiences, she graphically illustrates how climate change is dramatically changing the face of Miami.…
How and Why California coast (Pacific Coast) is Eroding faster than it should and the effect of it. I chose the California Coast or the Pacific Coast as it is one of the most popular coasts in the world. California has always been in the news for various natural disasters like forest fires, earthquakes and now Coastal erosion. California is also the World’s IT capital where all the famous companies like Google, Facebook, Apple etc are located. Many Indians migrate to california for jobs.…
It is predicted that global warming will cause major flooding in Delaware along the coastline resulting in the loss of natural habitats, the loss of real estate, and the loss of tax revenue. Loss of Natural Habitats Normally, wet lands keep pace with the gradual sea level rise through constant vegetative growth and a healthy sediment supply from up streams and tributaries. If sediment supply into the estuary system begin to lower, or sea level rise outpaces growth, wet lands can become submerged, and for all intensive purposes, reduced to open water areas. Unfortunately, Delaware is already losing wetland due to the sea level rising. By the end of the century, many of the Delaware bays coastal marshes could disappear.…
The flooding and wind has caused many peoples lives to be changed and many different things have been destroyed. This rain and wind has caused trees to fall, houses and cars have flooded, cars have been submerged under water, places are without water supply, people are unable to use some of the exits off of the interstate, people have drowned, and many dams have collapsed. This whole event has caused…
From June until the first of November the whole world is watching there television screen learning about new hurricanes that are headed towards land. These storms are violent winds that pick up lots of water and cause lot of damage to anything in its path. Not only is this natural disaster damaging to people and physical objects right in its path, but it hurts the economy a lot which cause for the rest of the United States or even the world to feel and suffer from the after math of the hurricane. In August of 2007 New Orleans was hit by hurricane Katrina. This storm was the deadliest hurricane to have ever hit the United States.…
With 53% of the population living in coastal communities and sea levels rising as a result of climate change, it is crucial that we address the issue through adaptation and mitigation. People living around coastal regions will be more susceptible but we also need to consider the impact on the coastal environments, estuaries and their vegetation and its biodiversity. This piece will analyze the changes of other estuaries to predict what the changes for Newport Back Bay. Because the estuary is surrounded by developed and industrialized land, rising sea levels will have a profound effect on its functions and appearance. Human activities at a global, regional, and local level add additional weight to the wetland’s change as a result of climate…
Families are stuck in their homes without electricity, and the streets outside are flooded. Winds are up to 80 miles per hour; trees and power lines have been knocked down. It is 8:00 on October 29th, 2012. A category two hurricane, Hurricane Sandy, has hit the Jersey Shore. Hurricane Sandy left 8.5 million people without power, caused about $20 billion in property damage, and killed about 150 people (Sharp).…
After five years of drought, California has been accessing groundwater to provide for their water needs. The access of groundwater use has caused the land to sink slowly over decades, but recently the more extensive pumping has caused the groundwater levels to quickly reach dangerous lows. This has resulted in the land to sink at a rapid rate, putting a large section of California’s aboveground infrastructure at risk. NASA was able to discover this notable difference in land height through radar observation from satellites and aircrafts that have made maps over time to show the sinking. These accurate measurements have shown that some parts of California, like the San Joaquin Valley, have sunk almost a two inches per month, and other areas were much lower over the span of less than a year.…
power plants and to a lesser extent mining coal. These provisions for power are not without their critics or without their impact on the Earth. Deep Ecologists would take a stricter, anti-industrial approach, choosing to reduce the human impact on the land as much as possible. Deep Ecologists would defend the rights of all sentient life, including plants to equal rights from a moral perspective. One assumes that harnessing power from wind, solar, geothermal and wave energy would be viable and acceptable alternatives to the Deep Ecologists.…
“According to the EPA in the last hundred years the sea level has about risen six to eight inches” (Hohensee). The ice caps are melting at an increasing rate, this is due to the increase in the global temperature. The melting ice is causing ocean and rivers to have a rise in water. The increase in oceans is causing beaches to erode faster. Due to this many coastal cities and factories have faced issue with increased storms and flooding.…
It will make the coastal regions, not only the San Francisco, are more vulnerable to the inundation…
Global warming and the world General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of global warming and its impact on our planet Central Idea: The growing concern of climate change and the rising sea level due to globe warming has been a big discussion in many parts of the world Introduction I. Attention-getter: How’s the weather outside? Many of us many not this but the earth is growing hotter as the years goes by.…