Thousands of people die every year from floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes and typhoons. Yet compared to what the Earth endured in prehistoric times-lethal volcanic winters, deadly asteroid collisions-our civilization has developed against a backdrop of relative geological calm. Will this calm last? In A Brief Guide to the End of the World , climatology and volcanic expert Bill McGuire discussess the probability of future calamaties that may await us in the 21st century and beyond, and explains what we can ...
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Thousands of people die every year from floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes and typhoons. Yet compared to what the Earth endured in prehistoric times-lethal volcanic winters, deadly asteroid collisions-our civilization has developed against a backdrop of relative geological calm. Will this calm last? In A Brief Guide to the End of the World , climatology and volcanic expert Bill McGuire discussess the probability of future calamaties that may await us in the 21st century and beyond, and explains what we can do to increase our chances of survival. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams, and backed by meticulous research, A Brief Guide to the End of the World sheds new light on the extraordinarily vulnerability of our planet, and on our capacity to withstand the dramatic changes Mother Nature has in store for us in the distant--or not so distant--future.
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