Catastrophes! : earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters /
Donald R. Prothero ; with illustrations by Pat Linse.
- 1 online resource (357 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Earthquakes : the Earth in upheaval -- Tsunamis : the sea rises up -- Volcanoes : the Earth's cauldron -- Landslides : gravity always wins -- Floods : raging waters -- Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons : nature on the rampage -- Tornadoes : funnels of disaster -- Blizzard : white death -- Ice ages : frozen planet -- Greenhouse planet : too hot to handle? -- Mass extinctions : when life nearly died -- Can we survive nature and our own folly?