Print version: Prothero, Donald R. Catastrophes! : earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011 329 pages, 16 pages of plates ; 24 cm ISBN 9780801896927
Earthquakes : the Earth in upheaval -- Tsunamis : the sea rises up -- Volcanoes : the Earth’s cauldron -- Landslides : gravity always wins -- Floods : raging waters -- Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons : nature on the rampage -- Tornadoes : funnels of disaster -- Blizzard : white death -- Ice ages : frozen planet -- Greenhouse planet : too hot to handle? -- Mass extinctions : when life nearly died -- Can we survive nature and our own folly?