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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     De Villiers, Marq.     Subjects     Natural disasters.     Disasters.     Human ecology.     Emergency management.     Browse Catalog     by author:      De Villiers, Marq.       by title:      The end : natural di...         MARC Display

The end : natural disasters, manmade catastrophes, and the future of human survival / Marq de Villiers. by De Villiers, Marq. New York : Thomas Dunne Books /St. Martin's Griffin, 2010. Subjects Natural disasters.   Disasters.   Human ecology.   Emergency management. ISBN:  9780312603496 (pbk.) Description:  vi, 362 p. ; 21 cm. Edition:  1st St Martin's Griffin ed. Contents:  pt. 1: So what's the problem? Doomsday as a state of mind ; Catastrophe in human life : the probability theorem -- pt. 2: Context. Our perilous neighborhood : understanding cosmology ; This plastic earth : plate tectonics and wandering continents ; Our ever-changing climate : ice ages now and then ; Fragile life : the conundrum of mass extinctions -- pt. 3: Peril by peril. The perils without : comets and asteroids ; Earthquakes ; Volcanoes ; Poisonous emissions and noxious gases ; Tsunamis ; Floods ; Vile winds : tropical cyclones and tornadoes ; Plague and pandemic -- pt. 4: What is to be done? Making things worse : acts of God and acts of man ; Making things better (I): mitigating natural calamities ; Making things better (II): undoing human-made calamities -- Postscript: Can we do it? Will we? Requests:  0 Summary:  A Canadian Science Writers Award-winning author presents an analysis of humanity's role in catastrophic natural disasters to consider whether or not such threats are increasing and how they can be managed.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Kahuku P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 363.34 De Checked out 05/18/2024 Add Copy to MyList

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