GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -PREDICTION AND WARNING. Good predictions and warnings save lives. With only a few minutes’ notice of a tornado or flash flood, people can act to protect themselves from injury and death. Predictions and warnings can also reduce damage and economic losses.

Detailed explanation-2: -Human and material losses caused by such disasters are a major obstacle to sustainable development. By issuing accurate forecasts and warnings in a form that is readily understood and by educating people on how to prepare against such hazards, before they become disasters, lives and property can be protected.

Detailed explanation-3: -Both volcanologists and meteorologists use scientific instruments and data to observe patterns in natural hazards, allowing them to predict them with more accuracy. Volcanologists study geologic events while meteorologists study atmospheric events.

Detailed explanation-4: -Changes in climate conditions, especially the warming of global temperatures increases the likelihood of weather-related natural disasters. Hotter global temperatures increase the risk of droughts as well as increase the intensity of storms and create wetter monsoons.

Detailed explanation-5: -Knowing when a geologic disaster is about to happen can improve your chances of survival. Some disasters-such as earthquakes-happen almost instantly and cannot be predicted. Other disasters-such as tsunamis and lahars-often take time to reach populated areas.