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245 04 $aThe New York times book of natural disasters /$cedited by Nicholas Wade.
246 30 $aNatural disasters
250 $aRev. and expanded.
260 $aGuilford, Conn. :$bLyons Press,$c℗♭2001.
300 $avii, 216 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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500 $aRevised edition of: Science times book of natural disasters. 2000.
505 0 $aWhen a volcano turns deadly for those studying its moods / William J. Broad -- Below Yellowstone, earth is on the boil / Sandra Blakeslee -- Facing the peril of earth's cauldrons / Sandra Blakeslee -- Exploring undersea birth throes of a new Hawaiian island / William J. Broad -- Ice sheets seem unmoved by the volcanic eruptions below / Malcolm W. Browne -- El Popo's rumblings draw volcanologists to edge of danger / William J. Broad -- U.S. scientists get rare glimpse of a Russian volcano "lab" / Suzanne Possehl -- The gradual greening of Mount St. Helens / John Noble Wilford -- Seismologists debate Los Angeles's faults / Sandra Blakeslee -- Hopes for predicting earthquakes, once so bright, are growing dim / Sandra Blakeslee -- Bolivia shakes, and so does theory on deep quakes / William J. Broad -- Theory of plate movement marks zones that breed frequent quakes / William J. Broad -- Radar peeks at structure hidden inside tornado / Malcolm W. Browne -- Historic hurricane could catch northeast with its guard down / William K. Stevens -- Fewer northeasters pound U.S., but punch is more powerful / William K. Stevens -- Storm warning: bigger hurricanes and more of them / William K. Stevens -- Coping with climate change; if climate changes, who is vulnerable? Panels offer some local projections / William K. Stevens -- Warmer, wetter, sicker: linking climate to health / William K. Stevens -- Dead trees and shriveling glaciers as Alaska melts / William K. Stevens -- If climate changes, it may change quickly / William K. Stevens.
505 0 $aViolent weather battering globe baffles experts / William K. Stevens -- In ancient ice ages, clues to climate / William K. Stevens -- New theory would reconcile views on dinosaurs' demise / William J. Broad -- Many small events may add up to one mass extinction / Malcolm W. Browne -- Santorini volcano ash, traced afar, gives a date of 1623 B.C. / Walter Sullivan -- Heavy volcanic eras were caused by plumes from the earth's core / William J. Broad -- Study finds asteroid leveled Siberian area in 1908 / William J. Broad -- Collapse of earliest known empire is linked to long, harsh drought / John Noble Wilford -- Asteroid defense: "risk is real," planners say / William J. Broad -- Scientists ponder saving planet from earth-bound comet / William J. Broad -- NASA photographs an asteroid giving earth a close shave, sort of / William J. Broad -- Meteoroids hit atmosphere in atomic-size blasts / William J. Broad -- New look at apocalypse: dying sun will boil seas and leave orbiting cinder / Malcolm W. Browne -- Watchful eyes on a violent giant / Tim Weiner -- Persistent and severe, drought strikes again / William K. Stevens -- Lightning's shocking secrets; clues to tornadoes and other mysteries / Sandra Blakeslee -- Trying to tame the roar of deadly lakes / Marguerite Holloway.
520 $aA collection of articles from "The New York Times" Science Times section which detail humankind's quest to understand and predict natural disasters.
650 0 $aNatural disasters.
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