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Blog Final!! Week: 16/17

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Some major natural disasters that have affected my country (Greece) are; earthquakes, volcano eruptions, tsunamis, and aggressive fires affecting the wildlife in the forests. Due to the high seismic activity in the country and being located at the boundary of Africa-Eurasia convergence, the Anatolian plate tends to rotate clockwise. The Aegean area is a compressional stress field and in the inner Aegean area it will experience general extensional stress field. This leads to large magnitude earthquakes and although some are moderate or small earthquakes these are typically felt every 2-3 days on average. Not every earthquake has been reported as 3 main ones that have caused the nose devastating human environment or even loss of life. The 3 reported are called lerissos (1932, 7.0), Argostoli (1953, 7.2), and Thessalia (1954.).  Volcanoes on the other hand are super active due to how many are located in Greece. There is a total of 39 Volcanoes and there is still a couple that are active t
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Week 13: Coastal Erosion

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  For this week I will be discussing coastal erosion. For starters what exactly is this and what effect does it have on Greece? Well, coastal erosion is the process in which local sea level rises causing strong wave action and typically leads coastal flooding that causes rocks and soil to wear down. So what causes this? This is typically caused by various reasons some including the following; hydraulic action,  corrosion by wind & water, and even abrasion.  I think every country has a possibility of being affected by coastal erosion but depending on the country others are far more impacted depending on the location and circumstances. My country is Greece which is what I will be further explaining for this week and the effects/impact it has on Greece. Due to coastal erosion Greece has been severely impacted causing a massive amount of wreckage in nearly a third of Greek beaches. Greeces’ coastline tends to be 15,000 km long being 60% mainland and the rest of it being 40% just island
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Week 10: Extreme Weather

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Greece is known for having extreme weather which results into various risks. Some risks were due to snowfalls occurring that led to day long power outages. Other risks involve heat waves. These heat waves have caused wild fires that have spread so fast affecting homes and forests. Also due to the heat waves Greece was expected to see sea level rising due to the temperature and climate change intensifying water cycles which leads to intense rainfalls that are then associated with flooding in low lying areas.  In an article called “climate change report…” it states the following, Changes to the ocean, including warming, more frequent marine heatwaves, ocean acidification, and reduced oxygen levels have been clearly linked to human influence. These changes affect both ocean ecosystems and the people that rely on them, and they will continue throughout at least the rest of this century. A total of 234 scientists and 14,000 reports came together to create the report.” (Pg. 5.). Meaning that
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Week 8: Mass Wasting Hazards in the US

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  For this week I will be discussing the "mass wasting" events about Greece. In this country various individuals are forced to deal with what is called mass wasting, due to the location of Greece landslides, rock falls, mudslides, and etc are super common which this leads to damaging homes and even roads. This typically occurs when gravitational pull is pushing down the rocks down cliffs. Sometimes what can also be the cause is the way mountains are formed/shaped in Greece, in Greece the mountains tend to have not just hard but also soft rocks which can make cliffs be not as stabled and prone to hazards. Just how every other country is trying to find ways to prevent these hazards, Greek authorities have tried finding solutions such as; adding reinforced steel fencing and adding nests around the cliffs. Often times when you visit hiking trails it's for the exact same reason to prevent those who are visiting tourist spots especially Greece that is super known for having a h
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Week 5: Volcanoes in the US

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  Greece is quite known for being super active when it comes to volcanoes. Most volcanoes in Greece are somewhat still active and the most important ones are located on the Santorini Island. When sea levels drop the island rumbles as the volcanoes get ready to erupt. Greece has a total of 12 volcanoes that are ready to erupt.  Something that I found interesting was learning that Santorini tends to consist of islands surrounding the central tip of a volcano poking out of the Aegean Sea. The interesting part, is that the volcano at one point was above water but later due to an eruption during 1600 B.C. then caused the volcano to form a lagoon.  Researchers researched that when sea level tends to drop at least 40 meters below surface of the volcano the crust above the magma chamber tends to be splintered. The magma stored underneath the volcano then moves upward through the current fractures and can easily makes its appearance on the surface. I also learned that researchers made a stimula
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Greece Earthquakes and Seismicity: Week 3

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Due to the tectonic plate that Greece has its super common to earthquakes, Greece is super common with earthquakes because it tends to be one of the most active countries. Earthquakes although they are quite mild are so common that an earthquake took place today and it was 2.3 earthquake near the Aegean Sea. There was also another one that located only 2 miles from Aliartos, Greece that was a 4.1 earthquake. I did some research and also found out that on October 30th, 2020 (not too long ago) had a super strong earthquake that was 7.0 killing at least 80 individuals. Due to the placement of Greece people refer to it as a "box" due to the volcanos that are scattered which would make it difficult to find shelter, earthquakes have a strong potential due to the volcanoes that are still active and even if tend to be monitored by scientists the Nysrios Volcano is still likely to erupt because of how common volcanoes are. Most earthquakes that tend to strike Greece have epicenters wh
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Greece Tectonic Plates: Week 2

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For this week in my blog post I’ll be exploring Plate Tectonics and the importance of knowing plate boundaries at that location. As you guys are aware my country is Greece and with a little research I was able to find out that the tectonic plate for Greece is called “The Aegean Sea Plate” which can also be referred as either Hellenic plate or Aegean plate. The Tectonic plate in Greece is located in the eastern Mediterranean Sea which tends to locate under Southern Greece as well as Western Turkey! If you weren’t already aware, Greece is tectonically active but why? Well, for instance earthquakes are related to the convergent plate boundary which then tends to span the boundary of Southern Greece. I also learned that although earthquakes are common in Greece the most common earthquakes tend to occur in the Gulf of Corinth where it’s the most seismically active! The three main plates are; Eurasia, Aegean Sea, and the African Plate. I found it interesting to learn that the Aegean plate go
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