Discusses the wildfire phenomenon in both history and today's world, the science and the mythology, the causes and possible solutions, and the ways human beings seek to survive, understand, and even profit from these disasters.
Discusses the threat posed to civilization by volcanoes, from ancient times through the twenty-first century, covering the scientific work of volcanologists, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, the role of tectonic plates, and more.
An introduction to asteroids and comets and the threats that impacts pose to Earth. Describes the history of major impacts and considers future threats.
