Velocity. Disasters

Describes how hurricanes form, how scientists study them, and how people can protect against their destruction.

An illustrated introduction to earthquakes that explains how earthquakes form, how structures are built to withstand them, what scientists are doing to better predict earthquakes, and more.

Describes volcanic eruptions, including their causes, prediction, and effects.

This book describes pandemics, including the microbes that cause disease, how diseases spread, and what scientists are doing to stop pandemics.

This book describes volcanic eruptions, including their causes, prediction, and effects.

This book describes floods, including their causes, prediction, and effects.

This book describes tornadoes, including what causes them, how they are predicted, and their effects.

An illustrated introduction to shipwrecks that explains why some ships sink, and describes the science and technologies responsible for making ships safer.

An illustrated introduction to earthquakes that explains how earthquakes form, how structures are built to withstand them, what scientists are doing to better predict earthquakes, and more.

Describes how hurricanes form, how scientists study them, and how people can protect against their destruction.