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@GEO101SUNY This is an image of the incredible Norwegian Fjords with its deep and narrow inlets surrounding by mountains and cliffs

@GEO101SUNY This is an image of a the Mammoth Cave, known to be the longest cave system in the world. As shown in the picture, it developed stalactites and stalagmites by the dripping of water from the ceiling.

@GEO101SUNY an image of a meandering river, The Amazon River, as it flows through the Amazon Basin.

@GEO101SUNY an image of the Popocatépetl in Mexico. It is an active volcano located on a convergent plate boundary between the North American Plate and Cocos Plate.

@GEO101SUNY an image of cross-bedding patterns of The Navajo Sandstone found in Zion National Park, Utah. These cross-bedded sedimentary layers were formed by windblown sand dunes.

@GEO101SUNY a 2019 image demonstrating the urbanization of Cancun, Mexico.

@GEO101SUNY an image of Cancun, Mexico in 1985

@GEO101SUNY Human activities, along with natural factors, contribute in the loss of vegetation and causes soil to become vulnerable against rainfall. These gullies are created by running water and soil erosion

@GEO101SUNY Madagascar and Mozambique were recently hit by Tropical Cyclone Freddy. With the worsening of climate change, storms are becoming a lot more frequent and destructive on the environment news.un.org/en/story/2023/…

@GEO101SUNY an image of Brazil’s Köppen climate types, mostly tropical and subtropical

@GEO101SUNY an image of mountain wave clouds that were seen in Alberta. They form from warm Pacific air flowing over mountains

@GEO101SUNY this source has an overview of La Niña and El Niño and its effects over the years climatecentral.org/climate-matter…

@GEO101SUNY this article talks about the two storms that will travel this week throughout the US, expecting to bring heavy rain and snow as well as high winds foxweather.com/weather-news/s…

@GEO101SUNY What’s interesting to see from this image is that in 2020, it went down by only a little which may have resulted from the covid lockdowns. However, it has probably gone back up since then.