Danger Lurks Deep: The Human Impact of Volcanoes.This article discusses the human impact of volcanic eruptions. According to the author, although volcanic eruptions have killed approximately 300,000 people in the past 400 years, the cause of death and exact number of fatalities are not well-...
The global impact of the volcanic winter, also known as a “Little Ice Age”, cannot be overstated. In Scandinavia, hoards of gold were sacrificed to appease the gods in hopes of ceasing the irregularities; it is likely that the Ragnarok myth, an apocalyptic tale in which the gods are ki...
. Later chapters discuss human interface with volcanoes, including the history of volcanology, geothermal energy resources, interaction with the oceans and atmosphere, health aspects of volcanism, mitigation of volcanic disasters, post-eruption ecology, and the impact of eruptions on organismal ...
Using dynamic panel data analysis, we found that the level of economic development plays an important role in mitigating the impact of natural disasters such as droughts, earthquakes, extreme temperatures, floods, storms, volcanoes, landslides and wildfires. Other factors that are found to determine ...
Learn about the positive human impact on the environment and the negative human impact on the environment. Explore human activities that affect the...
Location map for New Zealand’s North Island, its volcanoes, and the Auckland Volcanic Field.aMap of the world, with the extent of (b) indicated with a box.bNew Zealand’s North Island; in black are volcanoes with on-the-fly ash modelling capabilities in RiskScape, and in grey are othe...
Continuing interest in the effects of carbon dioxide on climate has been promoted by the exponentially increasing anthropogenic production of CO 2 . Volcanoes are also a major source of carbon dioxide, but their average input to the atmo... SW Leavitt - 《Environmental Geology》 被引量: 98发表...
Volcanoes are renowned for their destructive power. In fact, there are few forces of nature that rival their sheer, awesome might, or have left as big of impact on the human psyche. Who hasn’t heard of tales of Mt. Vesuvius erupting and burying Pompeii? There’s also the Minoan Eruption...
Objective: To evaluate the public health and nutritional situation of refugee children in Katale camp, Eastern Zaire, after two years of nutritional and health intervention from 1994 to 1996.Design: Cross-sectional survey using a two-stage cluster sampling method. Anthropometric data were collected fr...
自然灾害对人类活动的影响(Theimpactofnaturaldisasterson humanactivities) Theimpactofnaturaldisastersonhumanactivities Naturaldisasterreferstothelossofhumanlife,propertyloss, socialinstabilityandresourcedestructioncausedbynatural abnormalchangesoraseriesofevents.Itsformationmusthave twoconditions:oneistohavenatural...