tsunamis

Photographs, diagrams, and easy-to-follow text help students learn about tsunamis, explaining what causes them, how they travel, and why they are so devastating.

Photographs and text provide information about how and why floods and tidal waves occur, and discuss what can be done to prevent them, or lessen their effects.

Describes kinds of floods, including those caused by tsunamis and hurricanes, flood watches and warnings, rivers that are flood prone, preventive measures, and various floods of the past.

An exploration of tsunamis that discusses what they are, how they form, where they happen, if they can be predicted, the destruction they can cause, and other related topics, and includes case studies.

Provides information about what scientists have learned through research about earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis; and discusses how that knowledge may be applied to help prevent future catastrophes.

Contains information about floods and tsunamis, explaining what they are, how they happen, where they occur, and other topics; features discussion of forecasting and measurement techniques, as well as flood protection and prevention; and includes a look at record-breaking floods.

Provides an account of the Indian Ocean tsunami that devastated the coasts of Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Indonesia, and other islands on December 26, 2004, explaining how and why the giant wave occurred, discussing the loss of life and property, and looking at relief efforts, rebuilding, and attempts to develop an effective warning system. Includes photographs, illustrations, a time line, and other resources.

Examines what a tsunami is, how they are formed, tsunami disasters, and technology that can warn people about approaching tsunamis.

Looks beneath the ocean's surface at the shifting of tectonic plates, the relationship between ocean and climate, and the complex paths of currents that thread the seas.

Contains eleven essays that provide information about various aspects of tsunamis, destructive waves caused by earthquakes, volcanoes, or other disruptions in the seafloor, discussing the science and study of tsunamis, looking at four tsunami disasters, and examining efforts to predict and reduce the risk of tsunamis.