TY - BOOK AU - Prothero,Donald R. TI - Catastrophes!: earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters SN - 9780801896927 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - QE506 .P76 2011 U1 - 551 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Catastrophes (Geology) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Earthquakes : the Earth in upheaval -- Tsunamis : the sea rises up -- Volcanoes : the Earth's cauldron -- Landslides : gravity always wins -- Floods : raging waters -- Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons : nature on the rampage -- Tornadoes : funnels of disaster -- Blizzard : white death -- Ice ages : frozen planet -- Greenhouse planet : too hot to handle? -- Mass extinctions : when life nearly died -- Can we survive nature and our own folly? ER -