Writing Service-Monitoring Our Home Planet

Writing Service-Monitoring Our Home Planet

Monitoring Our Home Planet

The Internet is a powerful tool that provides the ability to monitor natural phenomena and disasters that happen all over planet Earth.

In this assignment, you will research resources available on the Internet for monitoring natural phenomena including earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, global climate, and weather.

Based on your research, do the following:

Identify a minimum of three different natural phenomena that are typically responsible for natural disasters. Analyze the potential impact of these disasters.

Analyze how these phenomenon are monitored, or not, via the Internet. Critique available Web sites, which publicly display up-to-date monitored information related to each of the natural phenomena you have identified. Focus on the following aspects:

Geography

What parts of the world are potentially affected by these phenomena? Specifically identify the countries.

Resources

What kinds of resources are allocated toward monitoring these phenomena and why?

What types of Web resources monitor the phenomena and provide up-to-date information about them?

What kinds of technology are involved in monitoring the phenomena?