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Australia is a vast land in which weather varies significantly in different parts of the continent. Recent extreme weather events in Australia, such as the Queensland floods and Victorian bushfires, are brutal reminders of nature's devastating power. Is global warming increasing the rate of nat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Healey, Justin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thirroul, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, 2012.
Colección:Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 335.
Temas:
Weather.
Meteorology > Research > Australia.
Natural disasters > Research > Australia.
Temps (Météorologie)
Météorologie > Recherche > Australie.
Catastrophes naturelles > Recherche > Australie.
weather.
NATURE > Weather.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
Climatology.
Meteorology > Research.
Natural disasters > Research.
Australia > Climate.
Australie > Climat.
Australia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Australia is a vast land in which weather varies significantly in different parts of the continent. Recent extreme weather events in Australia, such as the Queensland floods and Victorian bushfires, are brutal reminders of nature's devastating power. Is global warming increasing the rate of natural disasters? What part do La Niña and El Niño play in the extreme weather cycle? Cyclones, floods, severe storms, bushfires, landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis - what are the natural and man-made causes of these phenomena, how predictable are they, and how prepared are we for the impacts of natural dis.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781921507656
1921507659
9781921507649
1921507640
1280685883
9781280685880

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