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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Andrew, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural disasters.

Global warming.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

304 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, (some color), portraits ; 27 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2002.

Summary:

What causes an earthquake? When will another big shock shake Tokyo or Los Angeles? Can people create deserts? How are the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect interlinked? Is global warming a force of nature -- or of man?

This compelling and informative book, illustrated with marvelous photographs and specially commissioned art-work, explains the latest scientific insights into these questions. Each force of nature is separately fitted into the jigsaw puzzle of global environmental change. The revised edition of this widely praised book draws on the dramatic evidence of recent years to evaluate the state of the planet -- and man's effect on it -- in the new century.

Notes:

"With 281 illustrations, 138 in color."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0500283044

OCLC:

49679342