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Overall, looking at these maps and examining it was a fun experience. Especially with the volcanoes and earthquake maps. I was surprised to see the there were a cluster of volcanoes that lie in the small island of Iceland and I sort of expected to see a line of volcanoes in the area of Japan. The earthquakes were quite interesting as well, with…[Read more]

I felt the same way! The maps were clear-cut and simple to understand. I had to keep on referring to the plate boundaries so that I could get a gist of what is happening sometimes on some maps. The topography map stumped me a bit as well but I was able to see some patterns in the end. It was pretty fun seeing all the different type of maps and how…[Read more]

1a. The volcanoes are not present at all boundaries.

b. The volcanoes occur in clusters, the most clustered ones are the ones around the Pacific plate, Australian plate, a few at the African plate, and a small few in one spot at one portion of the Eurasian plate. The volcanoes at the Pacific plate go around the top and sides of the plate but none…[Read more]

Hi Yussef, your topic on polar vortexes are new to me, as this is the first time I’ve heard about it so hearing about this is pretty interesting to me. I liked the way that you researched this topic and came to a reasonable conclusion based off your research. Also, like Dahlia mentioned, raising up the issue of climate change and how that could…[Read more]

Hi Jonathan, I was curious about this as well! Reading your conclusion, I would agree with you as well that bigger piles of snow are more difficult to melt, even if the outside temperature is above freezing point. I consider the dense piles of snow to be the pretty conclusive evidence  that those would talk much longer to melt compared to just a…[Read more]

A week ago, the weather forecast predicted an incoming snowstorm and it did occur. The day that the snow fell, it felt really soft, enough for children to play with and not get hurt. However, I noticed that a couple days later, after all the snow settled and piled up along the sidewalks, the snow was not as soft anymore. It became hard and it…[Read more]

Hi Yussef, I like to listen to music as well and it would be pretty interesting to learn about bodies of water and how it can affect the environment or vice versa.

Hi Shaham,

I, too, like to ride bikes, I could ride it all day if I could. I think it would be pretty interesting to learn more about sustainable energies and pollution.

I am Emily Jiang (she/her) and I’m currently pursuing a B.S. in psychology. I am of Chinese descent and enjoy crochet, listening to true crime podcasts, and reading. This class is a general requirement for me, I hope to learn more about earth science in general, nothing in specific.

Off the topic of me head, this geologic process interests…[Read more]