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Just ______ companies on the list of top emitters produced _____% of the cumulative global emissions of industrial ___&_____ from ______ to ______

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Just ______ companies on the list of top emitters produced _____% of the cumulative global emissions of industrial ___&_____ from ______ to ______

Just 90 companies on the list of top emitters produced 63% of the cumulative global emissions of industrial carbon dioxide and methane from 1751 to 2010

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______ of the Amazon has been lost since _____

one fifth of the Amazon has been lost since 1970

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Big Ranches are blamed for ______% of all deforestation in the region

Big ranches are blamed for 80% of all deforestation in the region

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In Caracas Venezuela there was a landslide on _______________

15th-16th of December 1999

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Due to the landslide in Venezuela up to _________ people lost their lives.

More than _________ were made homeless after ________ homes were destroyed, washed away or buried under several metres of mud.

30,000 people

More than 40,000 were made homeless as 90,000 homes were destroyed

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On the _______ 1999 in _________ Venezuela, ________mm of rain fell in ________ which caused debris flows.

This happened on the ______________ , which has very steep slopes _______ up

15th to 16th of December 1999 in Caracas Venezuela

991mm of rain fell in 52 hours

Aveda Mountain range, which is 2.5 km up

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There were also some human causes for the disaster in Venezuela, there was ___________ which meant ________ had occurred which reduced the shear-_______ of the slopes.

The foundations of these buildings were likely _________ which increased _________ and create the environment for ______ and _______.

This was exaggerated by __________

Urbanisation

Cutting in/undercutting

Strength

Impermeable

surface runoff

flows and slides

deforestation

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_____________ contain GPS and detect small movements in the shape of a ___________.

This data is then transmitted to USGS (____________) computers which creates __________ movement graphs that are available to different organisations like the ____________________

Spider Units

Slope

United state Geological survey

Slide Movement Graphs

California department of transport

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Annual rainfall in the mountain in central Wales exceeds ___________. (tewkesbury)

2000mm

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In _________ there were devestating floods that affected large parts of the UK, including the lower part of the _________ catchment

2007
Severn

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________mm of rain fell in _____ days over the south of britain.

This was due to the jet stream (____ _____________) which got stuck over the UK, it is usually situated much more __________.

150mm

2

Low pressure

Northwards

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Building on the Severn floodpain has increased the risk and there are plans to build ___________ homes by ______ with many of the chosen areas lying on floodplains.

575,000
2026

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The conversion of pastures to arable farming in the severn basin, improves the __________ system which reduced the ____ _____

Drainage
lag time

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The economic costs after the _____ flood in Tewkesbury were high. there was an estimated total insured loss for the event was £_______

2007
£1-1.5 billion

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Anthropogenic heat is……

produced by human activity e.g industry

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Warm ocean currents transfer ____% of the global energy whereas ____% is transferred by winds

20%
80%

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since the ______ mass movement events have added to slope instability at Barton.

In ______and ______ there were major cliff falls, there has been a lot of different mitigation strategies. In 2022 there was a ______ ______ plan in Barton extracting ____ million tonnes over ___ years

1960s

2017 and 2018

gravel quarry plan

1.7

12

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In 2017 there was the heaviest rainfall in ______ years which happend during the dry season.

The government balmed corrupt politicians from previous governments who allowed shanty towns to grow and build up slopes.

100 years

<p>100 years</p><p></p>
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