Drought has many causes. It can be caused by not receiving rain or snow over a period of time. We learned in the discussions above about the water cycle and weather. The changes in the wind patterns that move clouds andmoisturethrough the atmosphere can cause a place not to receive its ...
The country's low rating stems mostly from the fact that its private tourism industry is a mere 20 years old. As the least densely populated nation on earth (only 3 people per square mile), it's no surprise the local population would be wary of a large influx of tourists. If you're ...
The quirky idea to create the largest sticker ball on the planet coincided with the first-ever National Sticker Day, which took place on January 13, 2016. The day honors R. Stanton Avery, who invented self-adhesive peel-off labels in the 1930s. The ball has topped 231 pounds, and keeps...
While some of the names may not be familiar, the fact is that the Caribbean is a popular vacation region. Those little clots on the map often turn out to be island paradises. There are more than 7,000 islands, islets, and reefs in the area, many of which are lightly populated and ...
Because such waves___happen in the Indian Ocean, there is no system in place to___coastal communities they are about to be hit. Tsunami is Japanese for “harbor wave”. They are usually caused by a sudden___or fall of part of the Earth’s crust (地壳) under the ocean. Tsunamis...
Modern ability to forecast the weather came about during the Cold War. Rockets and satellites sent back pictures of the planet from space. These images revealed that the Earth had “bands and whirls and vortices that stretched thousands of miles,”wrote Hannah Fry in a 2019 New Yorkerarticle....
Companies such as Cruise and competitor Zoox have set their sights on San Francisco, seeing the potential reward of conquering a complex urban environment and the country’s second-most populated major city, rather than starting small and gradually making progress. ...
Microsoft has already stated it plans to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation, but Sony has some contracts in place, that wasn't much of a surprise. As of right now, no one knows what will happen after these next three releases. At the very least, a Warzone sequel implies there will be...
Erfworld, on the other hand, is a world populated by the absurd. It is populated by ridiculous little figures in a cartoon world, where the language is censored, the names are silly… and their lives are driven by constant and unending war. ...
Waterhouse, one of the poorest communities in Jamaica, is a really violent and overpopulated place. Several of Shelly-Ann's friends and family were caught up in the killings; one of her cousins was shot dead only a few streets away from where she lived. Sometimes her family didn’t have...