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Author:

Officer, Charles B.

Title:

When the planet rages : natural disasters, global warming, and the future of the earth / Charles Officer, Jake Page.

Edition:

Rev. and updated ed.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xvii, 227 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Earth.
Environmental degradation.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Other Authors:

Page, Jake.
Officer, Charles B. Tales of the earth.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of : Tales of the earth. New York : Oxford University Press, c1993. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

PART ONE: NATURE'S EFFECT ON MANKIND: The earth is still hot and mobile -- ...And from time to time its surface moves around -- There have been frequent flooding and sea-level change events on earth -- ...And occasional visitors from outer space -- PART TWO: CHANGES IN CLIMATE AND LIFE ON EARTH: The earth's climate changes on a variety of time scales -- ...And on rare occasions there are changes in its community of living things -- PART THREE: OUR EFFECT ON NATURE: Then along came us and we have effected vast environmental changes on a local and regional scale -- ...With the potential for equally great changes on a global scale -- The most fundamental question facing mankind today is whether man can evolve to live in harmony with nature.

ISBN:

019537701X (pbk.)
9780195377019 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)259266643

LCCN:

2009014874

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)