Homework: Monitoring Our Home Planet
The Internet is a powerful tool that provides the ability to monitor natural phenomena and disasters that happen all over planet Earth.
In this homework, you will research resources available on the Internet for monitoring natural phenomena including earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, global climate, and weather.
Based on your research, do the following:
1) Identify a minimum of three different natural phenomena that are typically responsible for natural disasters. Analyze the potential impact of these disasters.
2) Analyze how these phenomena are monitored, or not, via the Internet. Critique available Web sites, which publicly display up-to-date monitored information related to each of the natural phenomena you have identified. Focus on the following aspects:
a) Geography
i) What parts of the world are potentially affected by these phenomena? Specifically, identify the countries.
b) Resources
i) What kinds of resources are allocated toward monitoring these phenomena and why?
ii) What types of Web resources monitor the phenomena and provide up-to-date information about them?
iii) What kinds of technology are involved in monitoring the phenomena?
c) Politics
i) What political ramifications would this disaster-preparedness technology cause between more-developed countries and less-developed countries?
ii) What kinds of issues could this technology cause between less-developed countries?
d) Economics
i) How would this technology directly impact the economies of those countries that have the technology versus those countries that do not?
ii) Do you predict any indirect impacts? What current evidence supports your position?
e) Disaster Preparedness
i) What types of systems are in place in terms of disaster preparedness related to these monitored phenomena?
3) Summarize your findings. Evaluate how this technology will impact the future of humanity, both positively and negatively. Be sure to consider the political and economic issues discussed in your future predictions.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.