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55 pages
illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits
Contents include: Dangerous forces -- Forces of weather. What is weather? -- Water in the air -- Atmospheric pressure and wind -- Storms -- Earth's climates -- Why climates vary -- Climate and the environment --Ocean currents -- Seasons -- Climate change -- Global warming and extreme weather -- Forces of geology. Earth's layers -- Volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- Tsunamis -- Landslides, mudslides, and avalanches -- Lake overturns -- Forces of disease. Microorganisms -- Bacteria and viruses -- Parasites and fungi -- Globalization and the spread of disease
Library of natural disasters