three ways new york might be under water
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Three Ways New York Might Be Under Water. Professor Michael Wysession Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Washington University, St. Louis, MO. April 20, 2009. Locations of the Major Tectonic “Plates”. Process of “PLATE TECTONICS” Creates many LARGE EARTHQUAKES. Pakistan EQ, 2005. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Three Ways New York Might Be Under WaterProfessor Michael Wysession
Department of Earth and Planetary SciencesWashington University, St. Louis, MO
April 20, 2009
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Locations of the Major Tectonic “Plates”
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Process of “PLATE
TECTONICS”
Creates many LARGE
EARTHQUAKES
Sumatra EQ, 2004
Pakistan EQ, 2005 Sichuan EQ,
2008
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Burma Microplate
Sumatra
Indian Plate
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Sumatra-Andaman Dec 26, 2004 EQ & TsunamiSumatra-Andaman Dec 26, 2004 EQ & Tsunami
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Destruction of Lisbon, 1755
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Massive landslides in places like the Canary Islands could cause enormous Atlantic tsunamis.
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There have been Giant Undersea Landslides in the Puerto Rico Trench.
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Global Carbon Dioxide Cycle
Barrow, AK CO2
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Carbon Dioxide
Methane
Nitrous Oxide
Chlorofluorocarbons
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Correlation between Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Global Temperatures
Ice Ages driven by Fluctuations in Earth’s Orbit
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More tornadoes in 2008 than in any year of the past half-century.
2008 - Preliminary
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Western US is in a worsening drought.
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Projected Precipitation, 2080-209 9
(Base years 1980-1990)
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Projected Temperatures, 2080-2090
(Base years 1980-1990)
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900-1300 AD: Warm and dry period Mayan culture collapses
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900-1300 AD: Warm and dry period American Southwest cultures like the one at Chaco Canyon collapse. Anasazi peoples disappear.
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Why does the plague strike Europe in the 1300s?
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1300 AD: Cold spell due to a minimum in solar activity
Great famine of 1315-1317
Black Death, 1345
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Begins with flooding in China. More than 7 million drown in Yellow River.
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Why does the French Revolution occur in 1789?
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1783: Laki volcano, Iceland; Asama volcano, Japan
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After 1815 there is a huge push of U.S. Westward Expansion. Why?
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1816 is known as the “Year without a summer.”
It snows in New England in the summer.
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1812: Soufriere volcano, St. Vincent Island
1814: Mayon volcano, Philippines
1815: Tambora volcano, Indonesia
Volcanoes!
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Last 10,000 years: VERY warm AND stable!!
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