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Sumi Cha, Eric Mason, Joana Espinoza, & Stacey Cherukara

By Sumi Cha

Cheonjiyeon is a waterfall located on Jeju Island in the country of South Korea. The meaning of Cheonjiyeon is a waterfall connecting the sky (Ch'eon) and land (ji). It attracts many tourists . Cheonjiyeon is one of the three most famous waterfalls on Jeju Island.

By Eric Manson

My country of ancestry is Puerto Rico. There is an extensive cave system throughout the island. Here is a picture of the mouth of the caves in Camuy, Puerto Rico.

By Joana Espinoza

Chimbarazo volcano: The highest volcano on earth.

Ecuador

By Stacy Cherukara

The Himalayas are known to be one of the highest mountain systems in the world, also one of the youngest mountain ranges.

It extends for about 2500 km and covers about 500,000 sq. km.

It contains the world’s highest peak- Everest and about ten peaks rising above 7,500 meters.

The Himalayas have risen as a result of a collision between the drifting of the Indian plate and the Tibetan plate of South Asia about 50 MILLION years ago.

Earthquakes are very common in Los Angeles, CA. I went to LA for the first time in the summer of 2009. While I was there, I experienced something I’ve never in my life experienced, an earthquake. It wasn’t a big one, but it seemed like it to me. People in LA seem to be fine with it, like it happens everyday. Experiencing an earthquake to me was something completely new .

By Sumi Cha

By Eric Manson

While me and my family were in Puerto Rico we experience rising levels of water in the ocean first hand. We stayed on a hotel on the beach with a bar and when we came back the next year the water level was directly up to the bar and most of the beach was gone.

By Joana Espinoza

Earthquake’s are some what common in Las Vegas Nevada. I did not experience the earthquake but my mom went to celebrate her anniversary about a year ago, and there was a minor earth quake. Although it was minor earthquakes can still be very dangerous.

By Stacy Cherukara

The Himalayan Frontal arc is one of the most active regions of the world. The peninsular shield of India has generated some remarkable earthquakes. Earthquakes are caused by two major reasons. First is the eruption of volcanoes which are sudden and can affect the plates which is the second cause of earthquakes. Earthquakes are caused due to disturbance in the movement of plates, which again can be caused due to various reasons like under crust waves or cracks in the plates.

Kobe: NEFA Fire Investigation Report by National Fire Protection Association“On Tuesday, January 17, 1995, at 5:46 a.m., a 20-second earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale occurred near the Japanese port of Kobe. The quake, which was an order of magnitude larger than the Northridge Earthquake in January 1994, killed more than 6,000 people, injured at least 30,000, and left more than 300,000 people homeless. More than 100,000 buildings were severely damaged or destroyed by the quake and the fires it caused. 148 separate fires destroyed 6,513 buildings and an area of 624,671 m2 (0.24 sq mi). The total dollar loss, including damage to buildings, transportation systems, and other portions of the infrastructure, has been estimated between ¥13 trillion and ¥20 trillion (U.S. $147 billion and U.S. $200 billion).”

By Sumi Cha

By Eric Manson

As water levels rise it may not be as apparent to people in a city like Chicago but in Puerto Rico where people live so close to the ocean the signs of global warming causing water levels to rise is something many people are concerned about and is affecting the global community directly since we all live on this planet.

Earthquakes affect everyone around the world. They destroy homes and lakes etc. Many people also lose family members during an earthquake.

By Joana EspinozaEffect of Earthquakes

Earthquakes –Effect on the world By Stacy Cherukara

Various damaging effects to the areas they act upon. Damage to buildings, bridges. And dams produced by the rumbling of the earthquakes. Loss of human lives and often displacement of homes. Triggering land slides, producing floods, tsunamis, tidal waves, fires, broken gas lines and spills of hazardous chemicals.