When the planet rages : natural disasters, global warming, and the future of the earth
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Officer, Charles B.
Contributors
Page, Jake.
Officer, Charles B. Tales of the earth.
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QB631 .O34 2009
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Earth (Planet)
Environmental degradation.
Literature.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Earth (Planet) -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJB8v443pPTqgvXgPkBtrq
Environmental degradation
Literature
Other Subjects
Earth.
Environnement -- Dégradation.
Historische Geologie.
Littérature.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Naturkatastrophe.
Terre.

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Book
Physical Desc
xvii, 227 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English

Notes

General Note
Revised edition of: Tales of the earth. New York : Oxford University Press, c1993.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Charles Officer and Jake Page describe some of the great events of environmental history, from calamities such as the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 (the greatest in recorded history) and the centuries-long cycles of ice ages, to recent man-made disasters such as Chernobyl, acid rain, and the depletion of the ozone layer. Officer and Page provide discussions of meteorites and comets; of the demise of mammoths, mastodons, and dinosaurs; and of great floods that have swept the earth. But they also show that human activity can make trouble for nature, discussing the depletion of natural resources (we burn coal and oil at millions of times their natural rate of production), air pollution in Los Angeles and London (where the Killer Smog of 1952 caused the death of some four thousand people), and the pollution of major waterways, like the Chesapeake Bay and Lake Erie."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Officer, C. B., & Page, J. (2009). When the planet rages: natural disasters, global warming, and the future of the earth (Rev. and updated ed.). Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Officer, Charles B and Jake. Page. 2009. When the Planet Rages: Natural Disasters, Global Warming, and the Future of the Earth. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Officer, Charles B and Jake. Page. When the Planet Rages: Natural Disasters, Global Warming, and the Future of the Earth Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Officer, C. B. and Page, J. (2009). When the planet rages: natural disasters, global warming, and the future of the earth. Rev. and updated ed. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Officer, Charles B., and Jake Page. When the Planet Rages: Natural Disasters, Global Warming, and the Future of the Earth Rev. and updated ed., Oxford University Press, 2009.

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