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England Main Hazards- Sinkholes & Fire

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From the research I did on England through the semester, I came to know that there aren’t many extremely dangerous hazards. The two hazards that could potentially be catastrophic to the country are sinkholes and wildfires. In recent years, sinkholes have been occurring quite a lot all around the UK, many of them in England. Many are very small and many more happen in open land areas decreasing the level of endangerment to people. The most common places for sinkholes in England are the Mendips, Yorkshire Dales and Peak District, which are both national parks. Sinkholes in England are most common due to carboniferous limestone and there are also others that are due to younger clay and sand deposits.  Many sinkholes occur in “karst terrain” which is areas of land where there is soft bedrock materials such as salt, limestone, gypsum (which  is an evaporite mineral), and when they come in contact with water they dissolve. Basically water that runs underground slowly diss...
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Erosion on the coast of Happisburgh

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Happisburgh, on Nortfolk’s North Sea Coast is a coastal village with a population of about 1,400 people. This town suffered a deadly flood 1953 that took the lives of 76 people and keeps on constantly being affected by rapid coastal erosion.  Happisburgh, on Nortfolk’s North Sea Coast is a coastal village with a population of about 1,400 people. This town suffered a deadly flood 1953 that took the lives of 76 people and keeps on constantly being affected by rapid coastal erosion.  There are cliffs in this are 6-10 meters high (19.5ft -32.8ft). These cliffs aren’t just straight down, they’re kind of in a stair-case way. So there are cliffs on cliffs on cliffs, kind of. These layers are normally buried under the beach waters but when the tide goes down then they show. They consist of stratified brown sands and clays. The government has built coastal defenses in this town to slow down the rate of retreat, they have also made "walls" with big rocks closer to th...
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Week 10- Extreme Weather- Iceland

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This week we learned about extreme weather. The occurrence that caught my attention the most was blizzards. Besides the holidays, the only other reason why I love winter is because of the snow. Is it so pretty and makes everything look so nice, it just warms my heart! (As contradicting as it sounds!) Of course this is to a certain extent, heavy snow fall can create dangerous conditions. Chapter 9 of our books explains that blizzards are created by heavy snow falls and blowing winds which create low visibility for long periods of time. When low visibility becomes extreme it is called a whiteout , because all you can see around is white. Blizzards are more extreme and dangerous than snow storm because of the combination of heavy snow fall with strong winds. Blizzards also create a wind chill effect. This is the effect on exposed skin to these extremely low temperatures. When these winds are blowing fast the body cools down at a fast rate which makes the skin temperature to drop...
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