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A conservative plate boundary is where two plates slide past one another in opposite direction (or alternatively in the same direction at different speeds). Over time as these plates move friction occurs lea...

There are 4 types of waves released during an earthquake. The first type of wave is p waves, they arrive to the surface first. They are longitudinal waves and are able to travel through solid ground. The sec...

Deforestation, in the Amazon for example, dramatically decreases the amount of water intercepted by the forest canopy (type of storage), leading to increased surface run-off and thus river discharge (an outp...

Migration is a complex process which has an array of impacts on both the host and origin country. The modernist viewpoint on migration highlights how economic migrants can aid overall development of the host...

The epidemiological transition sees a downturn in cases of infectious diseases and a simultaneous increase in non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The age of pestilence becomes the age of receding pandemics tha...