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Geophysical and climate hazards : a very short introduction.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Very short introductions ; 145Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2024Copyright date: 2024Edition: Third editionDescription: xxiv, 136 pages : illustrations, map ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780192874535
  • 0192874535
Other title:
  • Geophysical & climate hazards
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.34 23/eng/20240613
LOC classification:
  • GB5018 .M34 2024
Contents:
Hazardous earth -- Earthquakes and tsunamis -- The volcanic menace -- Storm force -- Fire and flood -- Existential threats and systemic shocks.
Summary: "In this Very Short Introduction Bill McGuire takes a fresh look at our sometimes perilous planet, and evaluates the causes and consequences of what used to be thought of as 'natural' hazards through the prism of planetary heating and the continuing destabilising of our climate." -- Publisher's website
List(s) this item appears in: 2024 New Titles
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab GB5018 .M34 2024 1 Available 50583020031377
Total holds: 0

Second edition published in 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-127) and index.

Hazardous earth -- Earthquakes and tsunamis -- The volcanic menace -- Storm force -- Fire and flood -- Existential threats and systemic shocks.

"In this Very Short Introduction Bill McGuire takes a fresh look at our sometimes perilous planet, and evaluates the causes and consequences of what used to be thought of as 'natural' hazards through the prism of planetary heating and the continuing destabilising of our climate." -- Publisher's website

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