Are natural disasters increasing? / Stefan Kiesbye, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010. - 135 p. ; 24 cm. - At issue. Disasters . - At issue. Disasters. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Natural disasters are increasing in quantity and severity / Environment Canada -- Natural disasters are on the rise / Theresa Braine -- Natural disasters have always been a problem / Patrick J. Michaels -- Climate change will lead to many disasters / John Vidal -- Global warming can't explain all disasters / Joel Achenbach -- Man-made climate change might drown whole cities / UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs -- Global warming is a sign of a new Ice Age / Gregory Fegel -- Disasters are far from natural / Sharon Begley -- Social politics decide what events become disasters / Neil Smith -- Disasters increase with misguided socio-economic change / Daniel Sarewitz and Roger Pielke -- U.S. natural disasters are becoming ever more costly / Gregory van der Vink et al. -- Natural disasters can boost economies / Drake Bennett -- Geoengineering might be necessary to fight disaster / Gregory Lamb -- Earth's biggest catastrophe might still be ahead / Kirsten Weir -- Climate change adaptation and disaster risk protection will be challenges / Oxfam International.

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Natural disasters--Juvenile literature.

GB5019 / A74 2010

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