Working on this mini project, I learned a lot about Earth's systems, earthquakes, and how they interact with each other. Although I wasn't here to work with my group on the first day, I do think I ended up accomplishing a lot. I was able to help my group through the struggle of researching as well as help them put it all together. One thing I think I could have done better was to get more sources. We ended up with exactly four sources, but I feel like that is only meeting the expectation, and not going above and beyond. In doing this project, I was able to learn that Earth's systems interact with each other, and when one system changes, it affects the other systems as well. For example, if earthquakes occur (geosphere) underwater (hydrosphere), then seismic waves occur, water flow is faster/slower, and in extreme cases, tsunamis occur. As people study environmental science and gain a better understanding of natural disasters, we are able to know how to protect/prepare ourselves in case of an emergency, as well as maybe being able to prevent the natural disasters. Efforts we can make to create a sustainable future are to get better technology to analyze the Earth, finding out when a natural disaster will occur ahead of time so that we can properly prepare and not rush out. Link to Piktochart: https://slabeeber.org/blog/whoa-earthquakes

After both reading the Toxic city article and completing this infographic one that really surprised me is that I never heard of the high toxic levels or the lead poising concerns after living in Philadelphia for over 17 years. I was very shocked when I found this out and this just made me more aware and geared me to stay active on whats going on in my community.

The Earth System is broken down into four different processes; those processes include the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and geosphere. Each process plays a huge role in the way the Earth operates but all essentially play a different role. When a natural disaster occurs its very likely that it will bounce between all four of these processes causing each system to be affected. When researching for this project I not only enjoyed learning about the earth system but learning about all the different natural disasters. After this project and now knowing what I know I feel as though its essential for everyone to know information about these topics to prepare and have knowledge for a natural disaster incase it ever occurs around them.

https://magic.piktochart.com/output/24533193-yellow-stone-1988-wildfire I learned a lot from this mini project. I learned how natural disasters affect our environment and the damages it can cause to us. Wildfires can be common and are cause mainly by people. For example we can leave campfire unattended, cigarette butts on the land. The after affect can harm all life within the area and the air can be contaminated and hard to breathe in causing our bodies to get infected and die or cause serious life risks.

We'll be covering the different earth systems and how a change in one particular system can cause a natural disaster as devastating as hurricane Katrina.