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- Ground gases that result from material decay (natural or anthropogenic) typically include radon, methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, but may also include the break down products of other compounds, such as nitrogen, alcohols, alkanes, cycloalkanes and alkenes, aromatic hydrocarbons (monocyclic or polycyclic); esters and ethers, as well as halogenated compounds and organosulphur. Ground…
- Seiches are sea-level oscillations at the resonant frequency of enclosed bodies of water (WMO, 2011).
- Sea-level change (sea-level rise / sea-level fall) is a change to the height of sea level, both globally and locally (relative sea-level change) at seasonal, annual, or longer time scales due to: a change in ocean volume as a result of a change in the mass of water in the ocean (e.g., due to melt of glaciers and ice sheets); to changes in ocean volume as a result of changes in ocean water density…
- Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease that is caused by a virus of the Flaviviridae family and transmitted by female mosquitoes mainly of the species Aedes aegypti and, to a lesser extent, A. albopictus (WHO, 2020).
- Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using digital devices such as cell/mobile phones, computers, and tablets. Cyberbullying can occur through SMS, e-mail, apps, social media, forums, or gaming when people view, participate in, or share content. Cyberbullying includes the deliberate sending, posting, or sharing of negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else. It can include…
- Smoke is a suspension in the air of small particles produced by combustion (WMO, 2017).
- Paratyphoid fever is a systemic disease caused by the bacterium Salmonella Paratyphi usually through ingestion of contaminated food or water (WHO, 2019).
- Rabies is a vaccine preventable zoonotic disease causing acute encephalitis which can progress towards coma and death typically within 7 to 10 days of the first signs if no intensive care is instituted. It is a disease of public health concern (adapted from WHO, 2018, 2020).
- Zika virus disease is a disease transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes which can lead to complications (WHO, 2018).
- A space accident is any accident involving space objects that causes damage (adapted from UNGA, 1971).