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The Titan arum is a magnificent plant that stands high above the plumage of other plants. It is a member of the Araceae family that is known to grow an inflorescence while also being enclosed by a leafy shield known as a spathe. The Titan arum, or Amorphophallus titanum was first discovered by Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari in 1878. Titan arum are known to grow as large as 3.06 meters tall in controlled botanical gardens (Barthlott et al.). Just a single blossomed flower of the Titan arum can

discovered a new species of the orangutan in northern Sumatra in Indonesia, but these new orangutan species are already considered endangered. Currently, there are two recognized orangutan species: the Bornean (Pongo pygmaeus) and Sumatran (Pongo abelii) orangutans. The third one, a new species called the Tapanuli (Pongo tapanuliensis) orangutan, are said to have less than 800 individuals remaining in an area near Lake Toba in northern Sumatra. Dr. Marina Davila-Ross from the University of Portsmouth

was an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia that caused massive Waves raging havoc and killing of an estimated 230,000 people the earthquake magnitude was a 9.3 this magnitude was as close as the earthquake chili incident in 1960 except this event had happened at sea instead of happening on land if this incident had occurred on land the devastation would have been on a larger scale The earthquake struck beneath the Indian Ocean 160 miles west of Sumatra. With a magnitude of 9.3 lasting

The Australian nurses were granted their own administration rather than working under medical officers. Australian Nurses held the record for the maximum number of triage cases processed by a casualty station in a twenty four hour period during the battle of Passchendale. There were administered during haemostatic surgery and managed and trained medical assistants. Australian army nurses served in India during the war. They had to overcome a debilitating climate, outbreaks of disease, insufficient

"1.valdivia Earthquake The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean Earthquake is to date the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Earth’s history, rating 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon and its resulting tsunami affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia, and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. About 1,655 killed, 3,000 injured, 2,000,000 homeless, and $550 million damage in southern Chile; tsunami caused

of earthquakes. A Tsunami is caused by earthquakes under the sea causing huge destructive waves that destroy city’s and take lives The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on 26 December with the epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The shock had a moment magnitude of 9.1–9.3. It was caused by the Indian Plate getting subducted by the Burma Plate and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean. It killed

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the coast of northwest Sumatra. Over 100 years of accumulated stress was released in the second biggest earthquake in recorded history. It unleashed a devastating tsunami that travelled thousands of kilometres across the Indian Ocean, taking the lives of nearly 300,000 people in countries as far apart as Indonesia, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Somalia. THE EARTHQUAKE Two hundred and forty kilometres (150 miles) off the coast of Sumatra, deep under the ocean

CAUSE-EFFECT ESSAY OUTLINE I. Introduction A. Hook/Attention getter (2 marks): Haze is a kind of air pollution which occurs when dust and smoke accumulate in relatively dry air. B. General statement (2 marks): Haze problem has been an acute problem in Southeast Asia since 1991 and we can see that it become more serious in recent years. C. Thesis statement (2 marks): The haze problem is caused by deforestation which will threat the patients of respiratory illness and even cause death. II. Body A

The Indonesian Petroleum Association asserts that, “Exploration for oil in Indonesia dates back to 1871, with the first commercial production beginning in 1885.” The success of one of the very first wells, drilled at Telaga Tunggal in 1885, triggered the explosion in the Indonesian oil industry. At a depth of only 121 meters, this well was producing commercial quantities of oil. This immediately led to further exploration and drilling of new oil fields throughout the region. The Royal Dutch Company