Essays on Volcano

Global Warming is a slow increase in the Earth’s temperature also called climate change, and because of global warming, our planet is being affected in many ways. The studies of volcanic-tectonic plates are causing our planet to plunge by putting deadly gases into our everyday…

Nearly 4,000 kilometers off of California’s coast, the big island of Hawai’i is home to Mauna Kea- a dormant volcano that is the second-highest point above sea level. To Native Hawaiians, the mountain is a sacred place, as, in ancient times, it was thought to…

Satellite remote sensing has brought significant change in the field of volcanology. In earlier times monitoring and investigating volcanos required intensive fieldwork. During volcanic eruptions and unrest, frequent observation of the volcano is required to monitor the change in activity, in order to update hazard…

Natural disaster detection and monitoring are an important area in remote sensing that is actively being explored by researchers of which volcano detection is the crucial one. A large number of volcanoes in the world are active but detection of all the volcanoes using the…

Recently, in the town of Boomdale, there have been several earthquakes. A investigative team from the USGS, the United States Geological Survey group, have arrived in Boomdale and set up a base camp to monitor these earthquakes. Their urgency in this matter is due to…

Let us imagine a day in Pompeii. A typical day roaming the streets with your family undenounced to the danger that lurks around the corner. You and your family are walking around eating what Pompeiians called fast food, or as they called it “thermpolia” (Pompeii…

Throughout the world there are a variety of natural disasters that occur among the environment on a daily basis. Some may only cause minimal harm, but others could be extremely destructive to the point where it could cause certain deaths and ruination. Among the several…