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"As new groundbreaking research suggests that climate change played a major role in the most extreme catastrophes in the planet's history, award-winning science journalist Peter Brannen takes us on a wild ride through the planet's five mass extinctions and, in the process, offers us a glimpse of our increasingly dangerous future."--
"A vivid tour of Earth's Big Five mass extinctions, the past worlds lost with each, and what they all can tell us about...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Reference
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
126 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gives eyewitness descriptions of thirteen disasters from 1871 to 1980, including earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, blizzards, drought, flash floods, and wildfires.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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"Natural and man-made disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude. In this collection of ten well-known catastrophes ... Brenda Guiberson explores the causes and effects, as well as the local and global reverberations of these calamitous events."--barnesandnoble.com
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English
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"In Disasterology, Dr. Montano, a disaster researcher, brings readers with her on an eye-opening journey through some of our worst disasters, helping readers make sense of what really happened from a emergency management perspective. She explains why we aren't doing enough to prevent or prepare for disasters, the critical role of media, and how our approach to recovery was not designed to serve marginalized communities. Now that climate change is...
6) Volcano!
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Volcano! describes how and why volcanic eruptions occur.
8) Princeps
Author
Series
Imager portfolio volume 5
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
496 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Quaeryt's prestigious new rank and marriage to Vaelora are threatened by a devastating volcanic eruption in the old capital of Telaryn, where he is challenged to restore order in the face of chaos, corruption, and an invasion by a would-be conqueror.
9) Flood!
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Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes what causes floods, the damage they can leave, and how they are prevented.
10) Volcanoes
Author
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
11) Earthquakes
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Series
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
14) Last Words
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Language
English
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What if the last five people on earth in 2085 found joy and delight? Last Words is a story of astonishing human tenderness and creativity in the face of ecological catastrophe.
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Series
Supervolcano trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of the supervolcano's eruption in Yellowstone Park, North America is covered in ash. Farmlands cannot produce food. Machinery has been rendered useless. Cities are no longer habitable. And the climate across the globe grows colder every day. Former police officer Colin Ferguson's family is spread across the United States, separated by the catastrophe, and struggling to survive as the nation attempts to recover and reestablish some...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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What if your town was sliding underwater and everyone was ordered to pack up and leave? How would you and your friends spend your last days together? While the adults plan for the future, box up their possessions, and find new places to live, Keeley Hewitt and her friends decide to go out with a bang. There are parties in abandoned houses. Canoe races down Main Street. The goal is to make the most of every minute they still have together. And for...
Author
Series
Supervolcano trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An explosion of incalculable magnitude in Yellowstone Park propelled lava and ash across the landscape and into the atmosphere, forever altering the climate of the entire continent. Nothing grows from the tainted soil. Stalled and stilled machines function only as statuary. People have been scraping by on the excess food and goods produced before the eruption. But supplies are running low. Natural resources are dwindling. And former police officer...
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Five years after the wave of sharknados that wracked the east coast, our heroes are living a quiet life in the middle of the country as far away from sharks as possible. But all mankind should know by now, there is no escaping.
20) Inferno in Tokyo
Author
Series
Imagination station volume 20
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Over 900,000 copies sold in the series! This easy-to-read adventure is number 20 in this long-running, successful series and is now available in softcover. The Imagination Station has been malfunctioning for several adventures now, handing out the wrong gifts and traveling unexpected paths. Patrick and Beth must use their courage, strength, and resilience to help others and survive dangers as they travel through time and space and get caught up in...
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