Geography 2010A/B Chapter 2.2: Geo 2010 Chapter 2 part 2
17 Apr 2018
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Extreme weather events: often have very powerful impacts on humans, constitutes the most serious natural hazards, the intergovernmental panel on climate change predicts an increase in extreme weather events due to rising temperatures. Supplies the fuel for heavier rainfalls snowfalls, tornados and other extreme weather events: often occur with little warning, can create a cultural impact. People come together as they struggle against this threat. Often it is the same areas getting hit again. Example: red river, hit with a lot of floods. They tried to create a channel to avoid this but small communities were still affected. Permafrost: permanently frozen grounds with temperatures at or below zero for at least 2 years, provides a measure of the country"s cold environment, the more north you travel, typically the worse it gets. The worst parts are in top islands of nunavut (ellesmere) and the bottom left corner of nunavut. Alpine permafrost: permanently frozen ground found at high elevations.
