Kusky, Timothy M

A discussion of asteroids, comets, and meteorites and the physical processes that result from their impact with Earth, and covers the hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and firestorms, associated with impacts and the possibility of collisions occurring in the future.

Offers students an overview of the natural hazards that are threatening the planet's coasts, exploring historic disasters, geologic processes, and natural events that have impacted coastal areas in various regions around the world.

Provides a comprehensive study of floods, discussing the relationship between surface water and groundwater systems, streams and river systems, effects of river modifications and urbanization on river dynamics, flood disasters, groundwater contamination, and geological subsidence, compaction, and collapse.

Examines the behavior of soils, regolith, and bedrock based on conditions such as water content, temperature and slope, and presents information on hazardous elements, weathering, landslide disasters, and groundwater pollution.

Provides a comprehensive study of plate tectonics and earthquakes, discussing their effects, associated historical disasters and hazards, and possibilities for future prediction and preparation, and includes biographical portraits of key scientists in the field.

Examines the generation of tsunamis by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides and their movement and devastating effects, and discusses warning systems, notable tsunamis in history, and identification and tracking technology.

A comprehensive study of volcanoes that discusses historical disasters, how the threat of volcanic hazards is reduced, plate tectonics, types of magma, eruptions and landforms, classification of igneous rocks, and prediction efforts.

Contains entries, arranged alphabetically from A to H, and six essays that provide information about Earth and space science, discussing beaches, climate change, global warming, and more.

Presents a comprehensive encyclopedia of earth science and provides about seven hundred cross-referenced entries, nineteen prose essays, and over two hundred black-and-white illustrations, photographs, and charts on such topics as oceanography, structural geology, weather, climate, and more.

Traces the history of Earth's climate and examines the causes of climate change over time, including human-induced climate change over the past 200 years. Features sidebars, black-and-white photographs, line illustrations, a glossary, and a list of resources for further study.