Eruption!
Subtitle: volcanoes and the science of saving lives
By: text by Elizabeth Rusch ; photographs by Tom Uhlman
Contributors: Uhlman, Tom, photographer
Series: Scientists in the field; Scientists in the field
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9780547503509
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Volcanic eruptions
Description: An account of the work of volcanologists Andy Lockhart, John Pallister, and their team describes their life-risking efforts to investigate dangerous volcanoes that pose threats to more than one billion people worldwide.

Photographs and text share an account of volcanologists Andy Lockhart, John Pallister, and their group of scientists who risk their lives investigating deadly volcanoes that remain constant threats to people around the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 75) and index.

Accelerated Reader MG 6.9 3 3 158671

A Junior Library Guild selection
Table of contents: title: Sleeping giant; title: Never again; title: Mount Pinatubo; title: To evacuate or not to evacuate?; title: Volcano training camp; title: How do you watch a volcano you can't see?; title: Mount Merapi's next move; title: The mystery of the missing ash; title: What happened here?; title: Living and working in the shadow of a volcano; title: Volcanic vocabulary.