TY - BOOK AU - Knauer, Kelly TI - Nature's extremes: Inside the great natural disasters that shape life on earth SN - 193340504X U1 - 904 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - TIME Books KW - Geology. KW - Natural disasters. KW - Earth (Planet) KW - Trivia & Fun Facts N1 - Includes index; Inside the Planet: Gallery ; Getting the drift ; Cracks in the crust ; Target: faults alarms ; Smoke in the water ; Portals of fire ; Blast from the past ; Data download -- The Water Planet: Gallery ; Waters of woe ; The next wave: megatsunamis? ; Here's that rainy day ; Dust, the destroyer ; Irresistible force, movable objects ; From ice to water ; Data download -- The Land Planet: Gallery ; Torrents of slime ; White death ; Paradise lost ; In the line of fire ; Genies of grit ; Data download -- Above the Planet: Gallery ; Storms of steroids ; It's a twister! ; Fatal splendor ; Beauty and the blast ; Catching any rays? ; Heat wave ; Data download the ER -