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.
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