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An earthquake is a sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action. The hazards produced by earthquake...

Hard methods for protection from coastal erosion such as sea walls and groynes can be fast to implement and effective as an immediate measure to protect form coastal erosion. Hard measures maybe most effe...

erosional glacial landforms are formed through erosional processes including both physical and chemical weathering, such as freeze-thaw weathering, with ice eroding away rock and debris to produce a landf...

When an area experiences deindustrialisation, the unemployment rate increases. This lack of jobs means that people who can afford to will move away to find a new job, leaving low-income groups in the area...

Earthquake prediction is very unreliable, however there are several established methods that have been used to correctly predict earthquakes in the past.Satellite GPS or on ground laser measuring:...