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Can We Protect People From Natural Disasters?

Hardcover • 2015 • 1. edition

Can We Protect People From Natural Disasters?

By Catherine Chambers

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About the book

What turns a flood event into a flood disaster? What can be done to protect crops from pests and fire? How do scientists detect likely tornado formation inside a thunderstorm? This book discusses natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, floods and droughts and looks into how scientists use their technology to try and protect people from them, such as seismology to detect earthquakes and sensors on buoys at sea to detect water pressure changes in the lookout for tsunamis, and w...Show more

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ISBN

9781406290721

Publisher

Capstone Global Library Ltd

Published year

2015

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1

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Can We Protect People From Natural Disasters?

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Hardcover

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