What causes an earthquake? When will another big shock shake Tokyo or Los Angeles? Can people create deserts? How are the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect interlinked? Is global warming a force of Nature - or of man?This compelling and informative book, illustrated with marvelous photographs and specially commissioned artwork, explains the latest scientific insights into these questions. Each force of Nature is separately described and dissected, and, in the final chapter, all the forces are fitted into the jigsaw puzzle of global environmental change.
Pages
304
Format
Paperback
Release
October 01, 1993
ISBN 13
9780500277386
Earth Shock: Climate Complexity and the Force of Nature
What causes an earthquake? When will another big shock shake Tokyo or Los Angeles? Can people create deserts? How are the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect interlinked? Is global warming a force of Nature - or of man?This compelling and informative book, illustrated with marvelous photographs and specially commissioned artwork, explains the latest scientific insights into these questions. Each force of Nature is separately described and dissected, and, in the final chapter, all the forces are fitted into the jigsaw puzzle of global environmental change.