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Mankind Manmade global warming Pollution Soil degradation (erosion, runoff, etc.) Nuclear warfare Nature Mega tsunami and flooding Large earthquake Hurricanes Drought Super volcano and climate change

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10 0 Unzen Volcano Krakatoa explosion Indian Ocean Notable Incidents

10 0 Overgrazing. Overfarming without crop rotating. Causes Causes land to become unfertile. Was responsible for the American Dust Bowl. alchange2/current/lectures/land_deg/land _deg.html

10 0 Shaanxi- Indian Ocean- Could possibly trigger a volanco.

10 0 Love canal Radiation Contamination Smog Acid Rain eb/pollute.html

10 0 Bhola cyclone Indian cyclone

10 0 Sahel drought Sometimes caused by overgrazing "Drought for kids." University of Nebraska Lincoln. 26 Jan 2009.

10 0 Hiroshima and Nagasaki Stockpiles Tsar Bomba nuclear-bomb.htm

10 0 Krakatoa Tambora Huaynaputina The Year without a summer Volcanic winter Lake Toba

"Global Warming." Thinkquest. 18 Jan "Tsunami." National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 18 Jan "Land Degredation." University of Michigan. 18 Jan "USGS Home." United States Geological Survey. 18 Jan Jerrie S., Cheek. "Pollution." 8 August Educational Technology Center. 26 Jan "Drought for kids." University of Nebraska Lincoln. 26 Jan 2009.