Nature - Earthquakes & Volcanoes
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Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. HelensFor months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, sightseers, and nearby residents listened anxiously to rumblings in Mount St. Helens, part of the chain of western volcanoes fueled by the 700-mile-long Cascadia fault. Still, no one was prepared when an immense eruption took the top...
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In the Path of Destruction: Eyewitness Chronicles of Mount St. HelensA napping volcano blinked awake in March 1980. Two months later, when that mountain roared, Jim Scymanky was about twelve miles northwest, logging a north slope above Hoffstadt Creek. "Rocks zinged through the woods, bouncing off trees, then the tops of trees snapped off......
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa.The legendary annihilation in 1883 of...
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March Was Made of Yarn: Reflections on the Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear MeltdownIn time for the one year anniversary of the 2011 earthquake in Japan, a collection of essays and stories by Japanese writers on the devastating disaster, its aftermath, and the resolve of a people to rebuild. On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake occurred...
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No Apparent Danger: The True Story of Volcanic Disaster at Galeras and Nevado del RuizIn 1985 in Columbia, more than 23,000 people died due to the government's failure to take seriously scientists' warnings about an imminent volcanic eruption at Nevado del Ruiz. In 1993, at Volcán Galeras, the death toll was smaller but no less tragic: despite seismic...
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This Is Chance!: The Great Alaska Earthquake, Genie Chance, and the Shattered City She Held TogetherThe thrilling, cinematic story of a community shattered by disaster--and the extraordinary woman who helped pull it back together "A powerful, heart-wrenching book, as much art as it is journalism."--The Wall Street Journal "A beautifully wrought and profoundly joyful story of compassion and perseverance."--BuzzFeed...
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Truman of St. Helens: The Man and His MountainAt 8:32am, Sunday, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington State with the explosive force of more than 20 million tons of TNT. It remains the most deadly and economically destructive volcanic eruption in the history of the United States. When author...
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VolcanoesRumbling, hissing, shaking. . .a volcano is about to erupt! Learn all about volcanoes, from tectonic plates to what do when there is a volcanic warning, in this primer for young readers. Did you know there are four main types of volcanoes? Or that...
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When Worlds Quake: The Quest to Understand the Interior of Earth and BeyondHow earthquakes can reveal the subsurface secrets of our planet and other worlds When Worlds Quake is a fascinating account of how scientists around the globe seek to use quakes to answer tantalizing questions about the structure and inner dynamics of our planet and...
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