Geophysical and climate hazards : a very short introduction.
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
- unmediated
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- 9780192874535
- 0192874535
- Geophysical & climate hazards
- 363.34 23/eng/20240613
- GB5018 .M34 2024
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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