Countdown to disaster
Subtitle: the world in danger!
By: David Burnie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780199116935; 9780199117147
Subjects: Natural disasters; Juvenile literature; Disasters
Description: Looks at the natural calamities that threaten and have threatened life on Earth. Take a journey across continents and through time, to take a close look at the natural disasters that have threatened our planet from eruptions and quakes to asteroid collisions. Ages 10+.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Volcanoes; title: Earthquakes and landslides; title: Extreme storms; title: Heat and drought; title: Climate change; title: Disasters from space.; title: Volcanoes; title: Earthquakes and landslides; title: Extreme storms; title: Heat and drought; title: Climate change; title: Disasters from space.