Taupo Volcanic Zone

A bell is ringing somewhere in the in castle. That’s my cue. Let’s see what I have done wrong this time? I head up the narrow servants stairwell that leads to a side door in lord Polonius’s rooms. I am getting too old for this. “My lord what can I help you with?” I said standing to attention. Polonius was seated at his desk in the center of the room. A plate of food was next to him with a nibble taken out of it. Sun came through the window behind him forcing me to squint. “I need you to give…

"It doesn't matter who number five is. I won't be letting you hurt them," Iridian said confidently, as he began texting someone. Texting at the dinner table? How rude. "You don't know the first thing about kindness, about love," Ilya whispered, getting up and walking closer to me. I raised my eyebrow slightly, curious as to what he was going to do next, as he continued, "and I feel sorry for you, you sadistic f---." Then, Iridian punched me square in the face, hitting my nose. It would be an…

I’m finally home. It has been a difficult week at work and it is nice to feel the long shag carpet between my toes when I walk into my living room. That and the light blue walls are warm and inviting. Give me five minutes in my well-worn easy chair and all the stress of work will be a distant memory. As I was relaxing and flipping through the TV channels I saw that a volcano near my house may erupt. Not only is it going to erupt, but it is predicted to be so big it may bring another ice age…

brain looks for a way to rationalize and justify the event (rationalization, n.d.). In the present day, data that comes from scientific research can usually answer many of those questions and provide a plausible reason for the situation. In terms of volcanic eruptions the data that explains why eruptions take place is very advanced and provides a level of comfort to present day cultures, yet people still struggle to comprehend the phenomena of a mountain exploding and releasing lava. Thousands…

Background The eastern side of the North Island relies on rainfall from cold fronts, which causes irregular patterns including moisture deficiencies and extreme conditions of temperature (Garnier, 1958). Garnier (1958) has found that the mountain ranges have formed a climatic barrier separating the west and east and resulting in the different climates and geomorphology: the Tararua range; the Ruahine; the Kaimanawa; and the Ruakamara Mountains (Garnier, 1958). The eastern north island, New…

in New Zealand due to its location on the boundary of the Pacific Plate and Indo-Australian Plate. Due to convection currents in the asthenosphere, the tectonic plates are pushed together and one plate is pushed below the other creating a subduction zone. In the North Island the Pacific Plate is subducting below the Indo-Australian but in the South the Indo-Australian subducts beneath the Pacific Plate. As the oceanic lithosphere subducts beneath the continental crust (or vice versa in the…

Respiration (Short-term storage) Carbon that is stored in plants, animals and all living things is released back into the atmosphere during the process of respiration. Energy is required for all living things to carry out life processes therefore stored glucose must be converted to energy by respiration. Oxygen is used to break down carbon stored as sugar for energy by the process of respiration. Carbon dioxide is released as a waste product back into the atmosphere C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O…