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us fracking
areas introduced saw increase in average
income
of
10-20
%
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Russian gas
2nd
largest producer
3
of
4
pipelines through ukrain
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Madagascar
1950
:
12m
hectars,
1985
:
6m
hectars
over
400tonnes
of soil erosion per year clogging rivers
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Malaysia
joined
eu forest law enforcement
half
of forest fully protected
palm oil producers going for higher yield
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Amazon Droughts
2023 drough, river
rio
negro
lowest level recorded
el nino
drought becoming more common happening in
2004
,
10
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River Nile
1929
water agreement(Egypt,syria)
1999
basin initiative
grand Ethiopian renaissance dam
generates
16000
gwh/y
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Murray darling basin
produces $
7bn
annually
2002
first step decision,
2007
water act
put $
13bn
water scheme
2006
big dry,
30
% country rain deficient
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energy mixes, USA France
us
3/4
FF, France
1/4
FF
70%
nuclear
us self sufficient and secure
France imports
1/2
primary energy
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holderness coast
soft
porous rock
long fetch,
strong
LSD
29
Villages lost since roman times
groynes/rock armour built
2-6m
lost in
winter
months
tourism
30
% down since
1998
cuts off sediment downstream (
easington
and
mappleton
)
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1953 UK storm surge
307
deaths in England
72000
evacuated
£50m
damages (1.2bn now)
24000
homes destoyed
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2013 storm Xavier
2
deaths
£100m
damages
East Coast railway
suspended for a day
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Bangladesh
60
% land less than 10 above SL
20m
people less than 1m
0.5m
rise loses
8000km
^2
25
cyclone shelters built
10.5
people displaced since
2004
floods
$
290m
crop damages in
2004
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Withernsea
hold
the line approach
£7m
scheme,
400m
of coastline
cut off sediment downstream (easingon) which meant more
defence
had to be built
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2010 Haiti Earthquake
Magnitude
7
Earthquake
Deaths:
230,000
Displaced
1.3
Million
People affected: at least 3
billion
Damage:
8 billion
Senegal
allowed refugees
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the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake
magnitude
9
15000
dead,
120000
homes destroyed
$
200-300bn
economic loss
led
germany
to cancel nuclear program
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2010 Chile tsunami
magnitude
8.8
500
deaths
slow
warnings
$
30bn
losses
widespread
looting
port
badly damaged
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the phillipines
1991
Mt pintubo eruption and typhoon
yunga
700
dead
200000
homeless
agriculture destoyed by
lahars
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