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Extreme Threats
4 Reviews
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4-6
Extreme Threats series.
Each of these cautionary books begins by recounting a dramatic example: Mount Vesuvius's eruption in AD 79, the Peshtigo wildfire of 1871. Causes and effects are presented in some depth; human attempts to predict, control, and deflect the problems are touched on in a more cursory way. Numerous photographs illustrate the dry texts. Timeline, websites. Bib., glos, ind. Review covers these Extreme Threats titles: Wildfires and Volcanoes.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian
(4)
4-6
Extreme Threats series.
Each of these cautionary books begins by recounting a dramatic example: Mount Vesuvius's eruption in AD 79, the Peshtigo wildfire of 1871. Causes and effects are presented in some depth; human attempts to predict, control, and deflect the problems are touched on in a more cursory way. Numerous photographs illustrate the dry texts. Timeline, websites. Bib., glos, ind. Review covers these Extreme Threats titles: Wildfires and Volcanoes.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian
(4)
4-6
Extreme Threats series.
This cautionary book begins with the Tunguska event of 1908, when a meteor struck central Russia. It then considers evidence for such collisions in geologic and present times, discussing, for example, NEOs (near earth objects). Human attempts to predict, control, and deflect meteor strikes are touched on in a more cursory way. Numerous photographs illustrate the dry text. Timeline, websites. Bib., glos, ind.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian
(4)
4-6
Extreme Threats series.
This cautionary book begins by recounting a dramatic example of climate change: 2002's collapse of the Larsen B ice shelf. Causes and effects are presented in some depth; human attempts to predict, control, and deflect the situation are touched on in a more cursory way. Numerous photographs illustrate the dry text. Timeline, websites. Bib., glos, ind.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian
4 reviews
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