Ravaged landscapes
by Machajewski, Sarah
Series: Unnatural disasters Published by : Gareth Stevens Publishing (New York) Physical details: 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm. ISBN:9781538205204; 1538205203; 9781538205396; 1538205394; 9781538205211; 1538205211. Year: 2018| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| j 300 - 399 | Book Cart | j363.7 Mac (Browse shelf) | Available | 105925 |
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
What a disaster! -- Black blizzards -- Mining makes a mess -- The Darvasa Crater : a door to hell?! -- A crater visible from space -- A major warning sign -- A total mud pit -- A disaster that never ends -- A landscape on fire -- We're responsible.
Is there a more terrifying example than the Door to Hell in Turkmenistan of the negative impact of people on Earth? But there are many, many more. This and several other frightening examples serve as prime and telling true stories in this book. Each spread has a fact box illuminating legal changes made and not made as a response to the disaster, and a statistics sidebar that reinforces the immense impact of each disaster through numbers. The book ends with a discussion of increased stewardship of the planet, calling readers to activism in specific ways.
4 - 8 years
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