| Description |
304 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm |
| 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 |
| Summary |
Draws on the dramatic evidence of recent years to evaluate the state of the planet - and man's effect on it. Each force of Nature is described, dissected and fitted into the jigsaw puzzle of global environment change |
| Notes |
Previous ed. published as: Earthschock: climate, complexity and the forces of nature. 1993 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Physical geology.
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Global warming.
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Climatic changes.
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Nature photography.
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Natural disasters -- Pictorial works.
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Earthquakes.
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Hurricanes.
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Tornadoes.
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Volcanoes.
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Natural disasters.
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| Author |
Robinson, Andrew, 1957-
Earthshock: climate, complexity and the forces of nature
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| LC no. |
2001093919 |
| ISBN |
0500283044 paperback |
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