Convergence zone

successful she has become through the power of social media. Throughout her career, she has been heavily influenced by media convergence and globalisation, which can be seen on her widely followed social media platforms, as well as her other businesses. It is also evident that although she does not contribute to the fourth estate, she…

This includes the Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan, and New Zealand. It is where the plate boundaries react and move around each other, grinding and sliding past each other. Kamchatka is on a small plate called the Okhotsk Block. This block is in a convergence zone of plates and is getting squeezed on all sides by the Pacific, North American, and Eurasian…

the tropical storm included fallen trees, debris, and destruction. These typhoons are formed in the monsoon trough; meaning there is minimum sea level pressure. Typhoons usually strike in Taiwan, Japan, and Guam because they are located in the “convergence zone”, where wind patterns from the northern and southern hemisphere collide. In Laura Hillenbrand’s novel, Unbroken, chapter 17, the main character, Louie and his friend Phil were drifting into a typhoon in the Pacific Ocean as a result of…

Who was Alfred Wegener? Alfred Wegener was born in Berlin, Germany on November 1, 1880. He was a meteorologist (a person who studies the atmosphere and its weather (Meteorology, n.d.)) and geologist (a person who studies about the Earth’s history through rocks, layers of soil, etc. (Geology, n.d.)). In the early twentieth century, Wegener championed the continental drift theory. In 1904, he attended University of Berlin, where is he studied natural sciences also, received his doctorate in…

atmospheric condition, which has led to 85 million people to a water crisis. Normally, it is the rainy season in the summer in Brazil by a weather pattern know as the South Atlantic Convergence Zone but for the last two years there has been persistent high pressure. This high pressure has blocked the Convergence Zone and restricted the southward flow of water vapor from the Amazon. Not only is there shortages of water but that insufficiency also risks social disorder. On August 2014, without…

earth caused by thermal energy. This mass movement of air causes three distinct atmospheric circulation cells to form, these are the Hadley Cell, Ferrel Cell and Polar Cell. Between these three cells is a dynamic area called the Intertropical Convergence Zone. Persson (2006) tells us that the Hadley Cell is caused by solar energy heating the equator, this causes warm moist air to rise towards the Tropopause dumping rain in terrestrial biomes such as the Tropical Rainforest. After the air has…

The Eruption Of Mount Vesuvius In 79 A.D. One of the most well known ancient volcanic eruptions in European history is the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. This catastrophic eruption took place in southern Italy, and completely devastated the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing thousands of people. What was most memorable about this infamous disaster was how Pompeii and Herculaneum became frozen in time from the Volcano’s eruption. The cities and their inhabitants…

In the video, “Super Hurricanes and Typhoons”, the main idea was to inform about hurricanes/typhoons by telling what they are, and how they could get stronger. The video supports the main idea by giving examples of hurricanes that have landed in the U.S. and saying what year they struck, the wind speeds, the storm surge, and how many people died from the said hurricane. While informing about past hurricanes, they also tell you what a hurricane is and how they form. For example, in the video…

globalisation. China has been impacted on globalisation through international convergence, economic growth and development, trade investment and…

The Mount Vesuvius Volcano has erupted many times. Since AD 79, the volcano has also erupted repeatedly, in 172, 203, 222, 303, 379, 472, 512, 536, 685, 787, around 860, around 900, 968, 991, 999, 1006, 1037, 1049, around 1073, 1139, 1150, and there may have been eruptions in 1270, 1347, and 1500. The volcano erupted again in 1631, six times in the 18th century (especially in 1779 and 1794), eight times in the 19th century (notably in 1872), and in 1906, 1929 and 1944. In this assignment I am…