Extreme weather and natural disasters [
Australia is a vast land in which weather varies significantly in different parts of the continent. Recent extreme weather events in Australia, such as the Queensland floods and Victorian bushfires, are brutal reminders of nature's devastating power. Is global warming increasing the rate of nat...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Thirroul, N.S.W. :
Spinney Press ,
2012
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| Series: | Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.)
v. 335 |
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| Summary: | Australia is a vast land in which weather varies significantly in different parts of the continent. Recent extreme weather events in Australia, such as the Queensland floods and Victorian bushfires, are brutal reminders of nature's devastating power. Is global warming increasing the rate of natural disasters? What part do La Nin?a and El Nin?o play in the extreme weather cycle? Cyclones, floods, severe storms, bushfires, landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis - what are the natural and man-made causes of these phenomena, how predictable are they, and how prepared are we for the impacts of natural dis. |
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| Item Description: | ncludes index |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (60 p.) : ill. (some col.) |
| ISBN: | 1921507640 1921507659 (e-book) 9781921507649 9781921507656 (e-book) |