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Most of Earth's volcanoes are found in this region surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Ring of Fire?
Huge surface waves caused by underwater earthquakes are known by this name.
What is a tsunami?
This process gradually turns drylands into desert.
What is desertification?
Farmers on the Canadian Prairies can now grow this crop because of longer growing seasons.
What is corn?
This term means the average weather of an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
This tropical fruit is specifically mentioned as a crop that grows well in the rich, mineral-filled soil around volcanoes.
What is papaya?
The 2011 earthquake that triggered a devastating tsunami occurred off the coast of this country.
What is Japan?
About this percentage of Earth's land area is classified as drylands.
What is 41%?
[40% acceptable answer]
*Double points if answer is exact.
Climate scientists predict the planet will generally become much more of this by 2099.
What is wetter?
In 2013, this type of Ontario weather event knocked down trees and power lines.
What is an ice storm?
Valuable metals such as gold, silver, and copper found near volcanoes create these opportunities for people.
What are mining opportunities?
Practicing drills, creating evacuation plans, and strengthening buildings are examples of this.
What is earthquake preparedness?
The African region experiencing severe long-term droughts.
What is the Sahel?
This 2005 storm devastated New Orleans when levees failed.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
Since the mid-1980s, this major South American river basin has experienced reduced rainfall and water shortages.
What is the Amazon River Basin?
Heat from underground volcanic activity can provide this renewable energy source.
What is geothermal energy?
A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck this South American country in 2010, causing relatively fewer deaths because of stronger infrastructure.
What is Chile?
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China planted shrubs, grasses, and trees to slow desertification in this major project.
What is the Great Green Wall Project?
The 23-kilometre Afsluitdijk helps protect reclaimed land in this European country.
What is the Netherlands?
People leaving river communities and moving to cities because of drought are experiencing this process.
What is migration?
Approximately this many people live on or near volcanoes despite the risks.
What is half a billion people?
This unusual object washed ashore in California in 2012, and some people jokingly wondered if it had drifted across the Pacific after the 2011 Japan tsunami, although no link was ever proven.
What is a giant LEGO figure?
This pair of Chinese deserts has expanded and threatens about 400 million people.
What are the Taklamakan and Gobi Deserts?
This island nation in the Pacific faces an existential threat from rising sea levels that could eventually force its entire population to relocate.
What is Tuvalu?
Geographers use this term to describe the repeating pattern of less water, more fires, tree death, and no recovery in the Amazon River Basin.
What is the Drought Cycle?