Weather hazards

Winter storms are destructive and dangerous weather events which may include snow, freezing rain, ice, high winds, and/or temperatures that drop below normal. They have potential to cause damage, serious social disruption, or loss of human life. The major problems that winter storms cause are power outages and traffic accidents. There is a very high probability that Klamath County will be negatively affected by at least one winter storm condition on an annual basis. Dust storms occur most frequently

human/animal population. Although some people believe that climate change is nothing but a hoax, three editors wrote articles proving that climate change is indeed real, and has serious consequences on the environment. It may seem like a small change in the weather cannot change everyday lives in a great way, but each small change creates a bigger problem for the future. Not only does the dramatic changes within the climate affect the human population, but it also affects plants and animals, and the habitats

Environmental Risk Perception Paper PSY 460 Environmental Risk Perception Paper The following paper will base on my chosen articles on our climate. I will provide a summary of each article. I will also compare and contrast the risk perceptions that are presented in each article I will identify any environmental stressors that are related to the environmental risk. It will be concluded with a discussion of my own risk perception of the issue. By the end of the paper you will be familiar with

upwards. It is situated around the equator but moves seasonally following the suns zenith point. The ITCZ appears as a belt of clouds, which is responsible for the wet and dry season in the tropics. This area is also known for its strong convective weather. Any aircrew that is travelling through this region needs to be aware of the conditions associated with ITCZ and the relative tradewinds as it can jeopardize the safety of the aircraft. An active ITCZ has strong tradewinds causing solid lines of

climate models are accurate, the present problems will be magnified in the near future. Already scientists have observed that more than 75% of the recent economic losses are caused by natural hazards which can be attributed to wind storms, floods, droughts and other climate related hazards. In the year 2008, the U.S. state of Iowa was on the front pages of newspapers all around the world.

atmosphere heavily. Waste management and agricultural practices also produce gases that contribute to climate change, such as methane. There are many contributing factors to climate change. The influences of weather and climate on human health are significant and varied. Exposure to health hazards related to climate change affects different

climate and weather- the two really are quite different. Weather describes the atmospheric condition over a short period of time that is from day to day or week to week. While climate describes average conditions over a long period of time. Step out and you experience many facets of weather. Air temperature and pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, cloud type and cover and the amount and form of precipitation are all the characteristics of the momentary conditions we call weather. The sun is

(Smith and Petley, 2009). Flooding risk is made up of the probability of flooding hazard the extreme events loses and damage, the exposure to that hazard, and vulnerability. Hazards indicate the probability and extent of flooding and vulnerabilities describe the potential adverse effects caused by exposure of susceptible areas to flooding (European Commission, 2007; FLOODsite, 2009). The exposure to that hazard number of population and accumulation of assets are at flooding risk, the population

Introduction Global warming can be said to be accelerating in a rapid manner. In fact, many countries, ecosystems as well as people are suffering from its impacts. Climate change has affected the weather patterns and has indeed disrupted the variability and trends that exist in climate. This has resulted into an increase in climate-related extremes such as heavy downpour, floods, surges, and droughts. However, it has been seen that indeed most of the affected nations are the ones that have not even

nowadays. Many scholars had identified some phenomena that show the occurrence climate change. For instance the increases of Earth’s temperature, the significant records of sea level rise, which threaten mostly on Small Island developing states, extreme weather that cause the shifting season, and drought events. Basically, impacts of climate change cannot be avoided. However as intellectual creatures, humans are expected to be able to take actions in minimizing its impacts. In addition, people need to understand