Surviving Armageddon : Solutions for a Threatened Planet.

Surviving Armageddon : Solutions for a Threatened Planet.

What do earthquakes, magma, asteroid 1950DA, and global warming have in common? Not only are they are all natural disasters already under way, but they are ones scientists are now working to predict and prevent. Bill McGuire guides us through the latest approaches being explored to protect the plane...

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Main Author: McGuire, Bill
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, UK, 2007.
Subjects:
Natural disaster warning systems.
Natural disasters > Prevention.
Natural disaster warning systems
Natural disasters > Prevention
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:What do earthquakes, magma, asteroid 1950DA, and global warming have in common? Not only are they are all natural disasters already under way, but they are ones scientists are now working to predict and prevent. Bill McGuire guides us through the latest approaches being explored to protect the planet, and argues we can make a genuine bid to get through what nature throws at us - providing we take the risks seriously. - ;The Asian tsunami of Christmas 2004 killed more than a quarter of a million people and shattered the lives of many more. The ruthless indifference of the forces of nature to ou.
Physical Description:1 online resource (249 pages)
ISBN:9780191517242
0191517240
9780192805720
019280572X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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