Earthshock : hurricanes, volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes and other forces of nature / Andrew Robinson.

By:

Robinson, Andrew, 1957-

Contributor(s):

Robinson, Andrew, 1957-. Earthshock: climate, complexity and the forces of nature

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Thames & Hudson, 2002.Edition: Rev. edDescription: 304 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cmISBN:

0500283044

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

551 21

Contents:

Man and nature -- Earth, ocean, atmosphere and life -- Earthquakes -- Volcanoes -- Thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes and lightning -- Floods, dambursts and tsunamis -- Deserts, droughts, wildfires and desertification -- Avalanches, glaciers and ice ages -- Global climatic change -- Man and nature: a chronology.

Review: "What causes an earthquake? When will another big shock shake Tokyo or Los Angeles? Can people create deserts? How are the ozone layer and greenhouse effect interlinked? Is global warming a force of nature - or man? This revised edition draws on the evidence of recent years to evaluate the state of the planet - and man's effect on it - in the new century. Each force of nature is separately described, dissected and fitted into the jigsaw of global environmental change." -- BOOK JACKET.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	551 ROB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900095911

Browsing Australian Emergency Management Library shelves, Collection: BOOK Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous						No cover image available No cover image available	No cover image available No cover image available	Next
Previous	551 NAT Nature acts : severe storms & earthquakes /	551 NAT Natural hazards : state-of-the-art at the end of the second millennium /	551 PRO Proceedings of the 30th International Geological Congress Beijing, China, 4-14 August 1996 : Volume 2 & 3, Geoscience and Human Survival, Environment, Natural Hazards : Global Change.	551 ROB Earthshock : hurricanes, volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes and other forces of nature /	551 SCH Physical aspects of natural catastrophes.	551.136 SUB Subduction zones.	551.2 CAT Catalogue of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.	Next

Previous ed. published as: Earthschock: climate, complexity and the forces of nature. 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"What causes an earthquake? When will another big shock shake Tokyo or Los Angeles? Can people create deserts? How are the ozone layer and greenhouse effect interlinked? Is global warming a force of nature - or man? This revised edition draws on the evidence of recent years to evaluate the state of the planet - and man's effect on it - in the new century. Each force of nature is separately described, dissected and fitted into the jigsaw of global environmental change." -- BOOK JACKET.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.