Figure 4.9 <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> changes in biodiversity since <strong>the</strong> Cambrian (<strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> Phanerozoictime). Grey = total known genera from Sepkowski’s catalogue (cited by Rohde& Muller); green = “<str<strong>on</strong>g>we</str<strong>on</strong>g>ll-defined genera”, i.e. known genera excluding those representedby “single occurrences” and those whose dates are uncertain; red = trendfor “<str<strong>on</strong>g>we</str<strong>on</strong>g>ll-defined genera”; yellow = <strong>the</strong> “Big Five” mass extincti<strong>on</strong>s; blue = o<strong>the</strong>rextincti<strong>on</strong> events. Uploader, Albert Mestre.Figure 5.1 A school in San Salvador destroyed by <strong>the</strong> earthquake in 2001. Uploader,<strong>the</strong> United States Agency for Internati<strong>on</strong>al Development.Figure 5.3 <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Yamabe Bridge, damaged by <strong>the</strong> Chuetsu earthquake in Japan. Notattributed.Figure 5.4 A picture <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tsunami <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> 26th December, 2004 in Ao Nang, Thailand.Uploader, David Rydevik (email: david.rydevik@gmail.com), Stockholm, S<str<strong>on</strong>g>we</str<strong>on</strong>g>den.Figure 5.6 Ascending erupti<strong>on</strong> cloud from Redoubt Volcano as vie<str<strong>on</strong>g>we</str<strong>on</strong>g>d to <strong>the</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>we</str<strong>on</strong>g>st from<strong>the</strong> Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA, April 21, 1990. Photographer, R. Clucas. Uploader,Janke.Figure 5.10 Hazard z<strong>on</strong>e map <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nevado del Ruiz volcano, above Armero, Columbia.Public Domain work <strong>of</strong> US GOV Agency USGS. Uploader, Zero Gravity.Figure 5.9 Pyroclastic flows <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> May<strong>on</strong> Volcano in <strong>the</strong> Philippines, 1984.Uploader, C.G. Newhall.USGS.Figure 5.11 Landslide caused by <strong>the</strong> 2001 El Salvador earthquake. USGS.Figure 5.14 A GPS m<strong>on</strong>itoring stati<strong>on</strong> used by <strong>the</strong> volcanological observatory <strong>on</strong> Runi<strong>on</strong>Island to m<strong>on</strong>itor <strong>the</strong> deformati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pit<strong>on</strong> de la Fournaise volcano. Uploader,B.Navez.Figure 5.15 An earthquake interferogram produced for <strong>the</strong> 17th August Izmit earthquake,Turkey, 1999. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> image was created using pairs <strong>of</strong> images, acquired at twodifferent times, by <strong>the</strong> Syn<strong>the</strong>tic Aperture Radar (SAR) <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> European SpaceAgency’s Remote Sensing satellite. Photo ID: PIA00557, NASA/JPL-Caltech.Figure 5.17 <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> windfarm north <strong>of</strong> Kilmuckridge, adjacent to Ballinoulart in CountyWexford, Ireland. Uploader, Sarah777.Figure 5.18 Solar panels <strong>on</strong> a hotel in Capdepera, Mallorca, Illes Balears. Uploader,ca:Usuari:Chixoy.Figure 5.19 Fossil and model <strong>of</strong> an Archaeopteryx <strong>on</strong> display at Geneva Natural HistoryMuseum in Switzerland. Uploader, Rama.Figure 5.20 Fossil specimen <strong>of</strong> Wiwaxia from <strong>the</strong> Burgess Shale <strong>on</strong> display at <strong>the</strong> Smiths<strong>on</strong>ianMuseum in Washingt<strong>on</strong>, DC, USA. Uploader, Jstuby.179
Figure 5.21 Excavati<strong>on</strong>s at <strong>the</strong> dinosaur site <strong>of</strong> Lo Hueco, Cuenca, Spain in 2007. Uploader,Mario modesto.Figure 5.22 Reproducti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> two ornithischian dinosaurs from <strong>the</strong> late Cretaceous, exhibitedin <strong>the</strong> Natural History Museum, L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong>, UK. Uploader, Elapied.Figure 5.23 Casts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> three milli<strong>on</strong> year old Australopi<strong>the</strong>cus afarensisskelet<strong>on</strong> ‘Lucy’ found in Ethiopia. Exhibited in <strong>the</strong> Natural History Museum, Paris,France. Uploader, 120.Figure 5.24 A rec<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ‘Lucy’ fossil in <strong>the</strong> Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt,Germany. Uploader, Gerbil.Figure 5.25 A working quarry bet<str<strong>on</strong>g>we</str<strong>on</strong>g>en Artem<strong>on</strong>as and Troullaki <strong>on</strong> Sifnos, Greece.Uploader, Phso2.Figure 5.26 Panoramic view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ‘biome’ dome structures <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Eden Project, a largescaleenvir<strong>on</strong>mental complex in an old china clay pit near St Austell, Cornwall, UK.Uploader, Jrgen Matern.Figure 5.27 A landfill site in Hawaii. Not attributed.Figure 6.5 Electrical surveying by a geophysicist from <strong>the</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Earth</strong> Scienceat Aarhus University, Ulstrup, Denmark. Uploader, LinuxChristian.Figure 6.7 Aquifer diagram. Uploader, Hans Hillewaert (Lyca<strong>on</strong>).Figure 6.8 A windpump with reservoir and drinking trough <strong>on</strong> farm near Winburg, FreeState, South Africa. Uploader, Gregory David Haringt<strong>on</strong>.Figure 6.9 Acid mine drainage causing severe envir<strong>on</strong>mental problems in <strong>the</strong> Rio Tintoriver, Spain. Uploader, SeanMack.Figure 6.10 A slab foundati<strong>on</strong>. Uploader, Peter Kapitola.Figure 6.11 Deep foundati<strong>on</strong>s for a building in Barcel<strong>on</strong>a, Spain. Uploader, vicens.Figure 6.13 St<strong>on</strong>e-filled gabi<strong>on</strong> cages lining a stream bank. Uploader, <strong>the</strong> United StatesDepartment <strong>of</strong> Agriculture:http://www.al.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/photo/urb_rec/StreamSt/gabi<strong>on</strong>2T.jpgFigure 6.14 NASA illustrati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> hypo<strong>the</strong>tical asteroid impact; note that <strong>the</strong> depictedasteroid is extremely large, far larger than would reas<strong>on</strong>ably be expected to impact<strong>Earth</strong> in <strong>the</strong> forseeable future. Uploader, Yaocihuatl.Figure 6.15 An illustrati<strong>on</strong> showing <strong>the</strong> extincti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> dinosaurs in <strong>the</strong> Deccan Trapsin <strong>the</strong> Western Ghats, India. Uploader, <strong>the</strong> Nati<strong>on</strong>al Science Foundati<strong>on</strong>, ZinaDeretsky.180
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