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Evolution of Floods

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http://www.monstersandcritics.com/tech/news/article_5630.php/Humans_Rapidly_Degrading_Earth_s_Ecosystem

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Evolution of Floods

There are more and more floods every decades. The increase of floods could also be caused by the increase of the sea level due to climate change

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Total number killed, injured, homeless and affected by geological disasters

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http://forum.maplecroft.com/showpage?section=cartograms&topic=maplecroft_cartograms

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Total number killed, injured, homeless and affected by geological disasters

 

map of people impacted by geological disasters such as earthquakes. The most country affected are Japan, India, Africa, South America, Middle East. This also relates to the previous images, which shows along these countries the strongest seismic activities.

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Scientific speciality / seismology

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http://plateboundary.rice.edu/downloads.html

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Scientific speciality / seismology

 

Earthquake which can cause tsunami as well.  We can see that the strongest are located near Japan, Indonesia, and Andes. Mainly earthquakes happen where different plates crash. You can see that in the image, where the red dots occur.

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Tropical Depression

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http://discovermagazine.com/2007/sep/map-where-do-hurricanes-do-the-most-damage/

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Tropical Depression

Repartition of Tropical depression in the world, we can see the most impacted area like Japan or the Gulf of Mexico. The map shows the past 150 years of hurricanes on earth until 2005. As you can see, the most powerful hurricanes of category five appear in the area around Japan. This is due to the high sea temperature in this region

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Pennies for Peace

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Pennies for Peace

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Pennies for Peace

Money is raised a penny at a time to support the soft costs of education.

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Number of drought disasters as recorded by EMDAT (1974-2004)

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http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/maps/v.php?id=10600

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Number of drought disasters as recorded by EMDAT (1974-2004)

Map of drought repartition were we can see that Africa, India, United states, Australia are the most affected by drought. For example Africa was exposed in some parts to up to nine droughts in the time span, which influenced local people and moreover also the major income like agriculture (e.g., crops don’t get enough water).

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Peace Corps

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Peace Corps

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Peace Corps

This is a volunteer organization that works globally.

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International Day of Peace

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United Nations

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International Day of Peace

International Day of Peace occurs annually on September 21. Many countries hold a temporary ceasefire on this day.

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Seeds of Peace

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Seeds of Peace

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Seeds of Peace

A organization that runs a youth camp promoting peace.

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