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Global catastrophes : a very short introduction /
Life on earth will come to an end. It's just a matter of when. Global Catastrophes: A Very Short Introduction focuses on the many potential catastrophes facing our planet in the future, from global warming, and New Ice Ages, to asteroid impact, supervolcanoes, and mega-tsunami. Bill McGuire tal...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | Very short introductions ;
145. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Preface; List of illustrations; 1 A Very Short Introduction to the Earth; 2 Global Warming: A Lot of Hot Air?; 3 The Ice Age Cometh; 4 The Enemy Within: Super-Eruptions, Giant Tsunamis, and the Coming Great Quake; 5 The Threat from Space: Asteroid and Comet Impacts; Epilogue; Appendix A: Threat Timescale; Appendix B: Geological Timescale Earth; Further reading; Index.