Table of Contents: Global catastrophes :

Main Author:	McGuire, Bill, 1954-
Other Authors:	McGuire, Bill,
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:	Very short introductions ; 145
Subjects:	Natural disasters Natural disasters. Catastrophes naturelles. NATURE > Natural Disasters. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Online Access:	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=201036

Table of Contents:

Contents; Preface; List of illustrations; 1 A Very Short Introduction to the Earth; 2 Global Warming: A Lot of Hot Air?; 3 The Ice Age Cometh; 4 The Enemy Within: Super-Eruptions, Giant Tsunamis, and the Coming Great Quake; 5 The Threat from Space: Asteroid and Comet Impacts; Epilogue; Appendix A: Threat Timescale; Appendix B: Geological Timescale Earth; Further reading; Index.