Nature on the Rampage With Harm J. De Blij

A fascinating account of how the planet that sustains us also threatens our very existence . . . how the natural environment -- whose comforts we take for granted -- can turn on us with unspeakable fury. Discusses killer storms, devastating floods, catastrophic earthquakes, & the horrifying chance of asteroids or comets crashing into the Earth. Chapters include: Nature on the Rampage by Harm J. . de Blij; Weather's Fury by Richard Lipkin; From Ice to Fire by Elizabeth Culotta; The Unstable Earth by Richard Monastersky; & The Nature of Risk by Dennis Flanagan. Illustrated with numerous vivid color illustrations.DeBlij, Harm J. is the author of 'Nature on the Rampage With Harm J. De Blij' with ISBN 9780788191015 and ISBN 0788191012.