Catastrophes! : earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters /
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| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Earthquakes : the Earth in upheaval
- Tsunamis : the sea rises up
- Volcanoes : the Earth's cauldron
- Landslides : gravity always wins
- Floods : raging waters
- Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons : nature on the rampage
- Tornadoes : funnels of disaster
- Blizzard : white death
- Ice ages : frozen planet
- Greenhouse planet : too hot to handle?
- Mass extinctions : when life nearly died
- Can we survive nature and our own folly?