Muhammad Nasir Gazdar PhD MPH
Aloha! Geosciences and Environment for Humans' Sustainable Future on Earth: Emphasis is on Earth as an interacting and evolving planetary system and the Wonderful World we call home and thrive in with bountiful harvests. Sustainability of the human race depends on how the life support system on Earth is being impacted by our activities and exploitation of the earth resources.
Earth System Science, Sustainability and Global Environmental health and the impacts on life-supporting system such as Earth's resources, natural hazards, degradation of the ecosystems issues tie in with sustainability of the humans on Earth.
Environmental health, climate change, global warming, sea level rise, pollution of natural ecosystems and pandemics. Mahalo for watching the videos and please adventure to the Hawaiian Islands in the 'Pacific Ring of Fire' with beautiful beaches, bays, waterfalls and active volcanoes. Please contact Dr. Gazdar, PhD, MPH, environmental and exploration Earth Scientist.
Le'ahi Diamond Head Crater Formed tuff cone volcano 30,000 years ago magma blowing up reef in lagoon
Mountain Building Crustal Fragments mountain formation by plate tectonics and evolution of landforms
Mountain Building Continental Collisions
Mountain Building Faults and Fractures
Mountain Building Folds tectonic plates collide causing layers of rock to buckle upwards Anticlines
Mountain Building by Rock Deformation
Weather & Climate Change causing shifts in weather patterns, extreme weather events- global warming
Earth's Dynamic Atmosphere Understanding Seasons
Glaciers & Glaciation processes and features with large masses of ice that move down as of gravity
Running Water & Ground Water Earth's hydrologic cycle exist in ecosystems and sustain human needs
Coastal Processes & Ocean waves shape shore by breaking down rocks, shaping beaches, bays, lagoons
Weathering & Soil formation breaking down, dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of Earth
Waikiki 5
Waimea
Kaimuki Dome lava flows are highly fluid travel long distances from the vent before solidifying.
Ala Moana Beach Erosion
Earthquake initiation, propagation, including fault slip, rupture, and the release of seismic energy
Volcanoes and Volcanism
Causes of Atmosphere & Climate Change-increasing amount of greenhouse gases in atmosphere by Humans
Plate Tectonics: conveyor belt drives movement of tectonic plates as fast as our fingernails grow
Kauaʻi Waimea Canyon geologic history process of erosion & catastrophic collapse of Kauaʻi volcano
Global warming Human activity is pushing temperatures higher exceed 1.5°C above preindustrial levels
Plate Tectonics and its dynamics propel continents with earthquakes, volcanoes and mountain building
Super Continent Pangaea split into 8 major Tectonic Plates in 250 million years into present Earth
Explore Kaimuki Lava Dome Mystery Blue Basalt Rocks
Ground Water stored in underground water-bearing layers aquifers: Importance, Springs & Wells supply
Streamflow, channel width, slope, sediment load, particle size are in a dynamic state of balance.
Hydrologic Cycle circulation of water (liquid, vapor or gas, or solid) in the Earth-Atmosphere
Mass movement driving force for a landslide is gravity, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcano slump
Mass movement landslides slumps triggered by gravity, heavy rainfall, earthquakes, human activities