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Natural Disasters and Earth System Research
My group worked on the affect of wildfires to the ecosystem, in my group I worked on how the wildfires affect the geosphere. The geosphere is considered the inner portion of the Earth system including, rocks, minerals, landforms and the processes that shape the Earth's surface.
It causes the interior structure to catch on fire and things be burned down into ashes, such as trees and lands.
Positive way the burnt ashes of the trees, has minerals and vitamins in it to make the ground even richer.
Extreme heat from the sun and humid heat coming together and cause fires to start. Also lightning strikes hitting trees causing fires to start. According to pacific bio “Approximately 90% of fires in the last decade have been human-caused, either through negligence, accident or intentional arson. Some of the fires caused by accidents and negligent acts are through unattended campfires, sparks, irresponsibly discarded cigarettes and burning debris. The remaining 10% of fires are caused by lightning strikes, which are especially prevalent in the Western United States and Alaska.”
We can prevent it by being more careful when we are in the wilderness with fire, make sure you put out your fires. Be careful with extreme heat or any campfire, makes sure we don't have it catch anything flammable on fire. Don't throw away any waste that cause an instant combustion.
http://www.pacificbio.org/initiatives/fire/fire_ecology.html
“Fire regime refers to the patterns of fire that occur over long periods of time, and the immediate effects of fire in the ecosystem in which it occurs.”
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1765LGD7FkIqb9CYqo1G4vkI1mTfGV9_o9V6my4QEvdc/edit
The Disaster of Earthquakes
Earth Quakes
Tsunamis
My group chose to research Tsunamis and created a slideshow in order to inform our audience. I personally knew the general idea of what a Tsunami was and where it usually strikes, however I learned more about how they are formed and how we can prevent them. I also learned a lot more about the different spheres that make up the earth which include; cryosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
The Link to Our Group's presentation: https://docs.google.com/a/slabeeber.org/presentation/d/1-ZuwC5fAJj8ttyJCHGXwsOoBHMMPJv9NHittdWnBwXI/edit?usp=sharing
Natural Disasters Info-graph: Typhoons.
Reflection:
After reading about typhoons and other natural disasters, I'm thinking a lot more about where I decide to go to school or if I plan on moving down to a more southern area. Hurricanes and tornadoes are present more in places like Florida and Texas. If you live there, a risk of having to deal with a catastrophic event like Hurricane Harvey or Hurricane Irma is always present.
Essential Questions:
The Earth systems build upon each other. The pollution in air can cause an affect on water becoming warmer for example.
An understanding of environmental science can aid in helping handle natural disasters by having more educated people in general. A lot of people are in the dark about certain things, and if we have a common understanding, evacuations and limits on damage can be worked out easier.
Efforts we can make to create a sustainable future are limiting air pollution. Stopping the burning of gases and other things are very important if we want change.
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/24633960-environmental-science-project
Natural Disasters: Wildfires
My group and I decided to research wildfires. While creating the project, I found that there were some things about wildfires that I knew previously, and some things that I had not known. For example, I knew that humans are one of the main causes of wildfires, but I did not realize that a larger percentage of people than I thought started wildfires by committing arson. All in all, the project helped me to further my understanding of how Earth's systems affect each other. Each of the systems has an important role, and they bounce off of each other. For example, a fire can start in the biosphere, but it can cause carbon dioxide to travel to the atmosphere. By knowing this, and by knowing how wildfires are caused, we can take the actions to prevent them. Mostly, this is being careful around fires and flammable objects, being more knowledgeable about them, and spreading that information to others.
The Process of Sand Storms
How do the earth systems affect each other? We realized since the atmospheres on earth are interlinked with one another sharing the same global systems. This manner may contribute to a cause on one atmosphere to affect another. For example, geosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, and hydrosphere which we recently researched this project. Coming to a conclusion that one cause has the ability to affect different environments in various methods. Due to the link of these four atmospheres.
How can an understanding of environmental science aid in handling natural disasters? Now that we are aware and informed how these natural disasters occur, we are now able to acknowledge the concept and search for a solution.
What efforts can we make to create a sustainable future? I would suggest for us to proceed on keeping the earth green. Following the ideas of recycling and managing our resources appropriately. Creating a stronger and healthier economy.
Natural Disasters and Earth System Research
Natural disasters do have an affect on earth systems. An example specific to our natural disaster would be how a volcanic eruption would take place in the exosphere , but would affect the water in the hydrosphere. such as the ocean. The water cycle would then take place again with the acidic water and intern affect the geosphere. It's like similar to the human body on how depend they are on one another . If you can't walk then you have to use more of the muscles in other parts of your body to keep moving. This would cause stress which is similar to the process earth systems share.
Thats how I have come to understand the earth systems affect on one another. Knowing about these natural disasters is a pivotal first step in trying to deal with these disasters. There isn't away to prevent volcanoes, but you can definelty deal with the affects afterwards.
Natural Disasters
The earth systems all play a huge part in natural disasters, the topic we chose never happens in my part of the U.S. (Philadelphia) but I had no problem with researching how they affect other parts of the world.
Natural Disasters & Earth Systems: Flood in Sierra Leone
The Earth is made up of four spheres. They are Atmosphere, Biosphere, Geosphere, and Hydrosphere. The Atmosphere is (air) Biosphere is responsible for maintaining life. Geosphere (Land and Rockets). Hydrosphere (water). We connected all these four elements to our natural disaster.
While doing the search on the water flood in Sierra Leone, I learned that sierra Leone is one of the wettest cities in west Africa. They once received 20 inches of rainfall in August. In our search we learned that heavy rains over saturated the ground which caused it to be waterlogged and lose friction.
Natural Disasters and Earth System Research
Our project was easy to do because we found the information we needed right away. We did a website for this project because we thought it would be easy to do and it would creative. I learned more about the 4 basic elements which were Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Geosphere, and Atmosphere. Also, I learned how hurricanes start and how they end. When all the earth's systems affect each there's a process that moves matter and energy from one sphere to another.
Natural Distasters Project
Essential Questions:
1. I believe that the earth systems by affect each other because they rely on each other in order to create a sustainable balance in life. For example, The biosphere and the atmosphere rely on the hydrosphere because the hydrosphere transports water to the biosphere which is all life on earth, then the plants would transfer the water vapor as well as carbon dioxide (created by the plants) towards the atmosphere.
2. The understanding of environmental science can help you create your own strategies on how to survive natural disasters whether it may be what you need to do to evacuate, or how to survive within the area of the natural disasters.
3. The only way I can think of is to reduce the occurrence of climate change. Climate change plays a big role on natural disasters, not to mention that most of the climate change is caused by human activities. I believe that if we can reduce the climate change, then less natural disasters will occur creating a better future.
Natural Disasters and Earth Systems (Wild Fires)
Researching wildfires turned out to be really interesting. Through the research, I learned how much volcanoes, lightning and the different kinds of lightning contribute to wildfires. Meaning I learned something new and enjoyed discussing this subject with my group. As we all had an interest in the topic and worked very well together. Through this mini project, my group and I came up with so many cool ideas we look forward to implying in our future projects. I appreciated this mini project as it was a good way to only get a flow of how our table works together but also talk about something we were interested in.
Project By- Queren V., Alyssa S. , Ashton W. , Tania C., Mukhtar S.
Natural Disasters: Hurricanes
My group and I chose to make a website because we thought it would be more creative. I already knew a lot about hurricanes but I did learn a lot more. I learned more about the Earth's systems; Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Geosphere, and Atmosphere. Hurricanes have a huge impact on all of the Earth's systems. Along with climate change which is one of the main reason we have been seeing so many hurricanes this summer back to back. I wonder if we can come up with a plan to help people evacuate and get help before the hurricane occurs.
Tsunamis
In the past week I learned a lot. Earth science is something that I did not know a lot about. I learned about the definition of the different “spheres”. Geosphere (lands and rocks) , hydrosphere(water, lakes, oceans), atmosphere (air), cryopshere (frozen water on earth), biosphere (life on earth). I learned about how they contribute to the earth. The natural disaster we chose were tsunmamis. You don’t hear about tsunamis as much as hurricans, tornadoes, etc. We wanted to learn more about them. I learned some things like how they are caused and what to do to prevent them.
(the top is the link to the power point)
Earth System & Hurricanes
The earth's system is made of 4 spheres which are Atmosphere, Biosphere, Geosphere, and Hydrosphere. Small changes caused by man suck as CO2 and other climate forcing as well as pollution impact right across all interconnected systems throughout.
Natural Disasters: Hurricanes
I think that this was an easy but informational project. I hear about hurricanes all the time but I've never encountered one so I never felt the need to learn anything about them. I learned a lot from doing the research with my group. Some main points that I learned from this are how hurricanes formed, how they get named, and what to do to prepare and stay safe during one. I may not need this information, but it's always good to have. I think the most interesting information I gained was about how they get named and the different parts of a hurricane.
Natural Disasters and Earth System Research
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Earth system science is understanding the notion that Earth is a complex system represented by interlocking spheres of processes: atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere. The balance of these spheres of processes maintains life on Earth. The impact humankind has on the climate system is a part of these spheres of processes. The impact humankind has on the climate system is a part of these spheres of processes. Earth system science is not complete, is always changing, and does not including human interaction. Earth is the only planet that sustains life: water to feed life, carbon to make life and to trap heat, atmosphere and an electromagnetic field to block harmful radiation, the moon to balance Earth, and finally, the earth is in the sun's Goldilocks zone. The great circulation systems of Earth-water, carbon, and the nutrients-replenish what life needs and help regulate the climate system. In Earth system science, changes in Earth's ecosystems can cause extreme weather events. Changes in one sphere of processes can affect another. Our solar system is located in a benign region of the Milky Way galaxy, such that Earth is not bombarded with excessive high-energy radiation from stellar neighbors. The tilt of the Earth's axis controls the seasons and Earth's 24-hour rotational period ensures daily distribution of energy are a vital part of the diurnal biological clock and the daily rhythm of the tides that run in many living organisms. Earth's gravity is in the range where a significant atmosphere can remain on the surface without dissipating into the vacuum of space. Unlike other celestial bodies, Earth has all the necessary requirements for life. The air is very thin. The early air had carbon dioxide and eventually, photosynthesis evolved and made more oxygen. The hydrologic cycle is caused by the circulating atmosphere, which is caused by the earth's rotation, the sun heating the air, and earth's gravity pulling everything down. The troposphere is the densest and closest part of the air to the earth, containing over 99% of the water vapor. Above is the stratosphere which has all of the ozone, which is slowly dying due to human chemicals called CFCs. Methane, carbon dioxide and low clouds can also trap heat while high clouds reflect energy into space. Right now the air is getting worst in every way due to global warming. Water help enriches the soil and moves tectonic plates. Water somewhat controls the weather and there is only like one percent fresh water on earth. Ice has a lot of fresh water and it reflects a lot of sunlight; if it were to melt then all of the shores would be flooded. Water is needed to make food and it is a pathway for energy. The layers of earth hold a record of what has happened here. Rocks can be categorized into three main types based upon their origin. Igneous rock crystallizes at great depth in the Earth from molten magma. Sedimentary rock forms when fine-grained materials, often weathered bits of other rock, are deposited in layers by the action of wind or water. Metamorphic rock is produced by the transformation of igneous or sedimentary rock under conditions of heat or pressure, such as when the rock is buried deeply or compressed. The low-density rocks flow on the denser stuff and move around to create quakes, volcanoes, and etc. If stress on two plates is strong enough, then the rock will crack and earthquakes will happen. Most of the volcanoes are underwater and if it explodes, then the air will be filled with bad stuff and the climate will change. The rock cycle is uplift, weathering, erosion, deposition, compression, and alteration, and without the rock cycle, then the nutrients can be buried forever. There is life everywhere except only on earth. The biosphere is the living part of the system, responsible for maintaining o2 and co2, hydrologic cycle through plants and soil formation to make oil and coal. Earth has been making o2 for a long time so now there is a lot of it. Carbon is very important so it must be cycled in the system. The 18th century was the start of human impact on global warming. We have taken off the earth’s resources. Earth system science is important.
Asteroid impacts are a lot worse than I thought. It negatively affects almost all of the earth systems. In the worst case scenario, it can also cause other natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, and wildfires. A lot of the plans to stop an asteroid impact sound really futuristic, but at the same time possible. I decided to pick asteroid impacts as my natural disaster that I was going to cover because natural disasters from the exosphere are sometimes forgotten since they are so rare.
Based on the feedback I got, it seems my slideshow was a bit boring. It had too much information which made it very long. I should've made a video instead, which would have allowed me to cover more information in a shorter amount of time. I also would have been able to show more pictures on my visual. I decided not to do a video because my voice was too boring to listen to; however, that was a mistake.
Hurricane Sandy
Reflection 9/18/17:
For this project I found it pretty easy. The only part that was really hard or difficult was creating a info graphic. I put a lot of information into the doc.
Reflection 9/19/17: The information we got back was great for the next time we work on a project. We have to do better with time management and staying focus during class. We have to learn to do our sources better and citing them besides those couple of mistakes people said our project was alright.
Natural Disasters
the hydrosphere like the atmosphere is always in motion the motion of river
Natural Disasters Mini Project : Volcanos
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Natural Disasters Research: Tsunami
Within doing this project I didn't learn very much in terms of new content, But I definitely have learned the correct terminology for as far as atmosphere and natural disasters. In my personal opinion I feel as if the process of further learning and connecting things from that we learned in the past. When pulling all of the things together it makes a lot more sense. I feel like this mini project didn't need as much time to do so. It is a very minimal project and was slightly repetitive
Natural Disaster Mini Project: Volcanoes
One of my first reactions to the information I found was all of this seems like common sense. For example, oceans can become more acidic because of the ash that falls in them causing the animals that call the ocean home to die. However, there was one thing that I didn't find common sense. The fact that volcanoes can cause tsunamis. I didn't know that, so I found it interesting. Besides that, there was nothing I scoffed at. To answer the first essential question based off of my research I found out that the volcanoes (geosphere) can affect all of the other systems in many different ways. Like it can cause the wildlife in the hydrosphere to die and fill the atmosphere with ash either cooling or heating the earth. Not all effects are bad though. In the biosphere, volcanic eruptions kill plants, but the volcanic soil is so rich that the plants come back better than ever. The things we know about environmental science could help us in case of a volcanic eruption because it'll let us know what we can to do fix the problems that occur after the eruption. There’s nothing you can really do when it comes creating a sustainable future because they can be so damaging. It’s more just damage control after it happens.
Based off my peers feedback, I don't think we have to change anything about the presentation of the information on it. However, the visual could've been better. Some students said that the drawings weren't up to par, but I disagree. The thing I do agree with though is the fact that we didn't have any labels. Presenting, it was a little hard to know what information was which, so I just went through what I knew.
