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The loss of coral reefs and mangrove systems would have a major socio-economic impacts. Firstly, without coral reefs and mangrove systems, the nearby coastline would experience an increasing vulnerability...

People continue to live close to active volcanoes for many reasons. For example, people still live close to Mount Vesuvius in Italy because of the fertile soil that is found on the slopes of the volcano. ...

Destructive plate margins are those where two plates are moving towards one another. In cases where an oceanic plate and a continental plate converge, the denser oceanic plate will be forced beneath the c...

Primary effects of an eartquake can include the ground shaking, buildings collapsing, and the ground splitting. Secondary effects may include subsidance, tsunamis, fires, contamination of water supplies, ...

Due to the complexities of the world it is very difficult to measure development. When measuring development you have to take into account many different factors that contribute to the shape and formation...