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Sigma Force novels volume 17
Language
English
Description
When the Titan Project, an international research station off the coast of Australia, is attacked, setting in motion a large-scale geological disaster, Sigma Force races against time to stop the world from burning, uncovering something that will shake the very foundations of humanity.
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Immersive Reality books are meant to be used with a smartphone or tablet. Download the IR Books app and scan the QR codes in the book to access virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) experiences that let you read it, see it and live it! This volume contains engaging information about supervolcano eruptions intended for students in grades 3 through 7. Includes 3 immersive reality experiences: A Journey to Mount St. Helens, Exploring Yellowstone...
Author
Publisher
Bold Type Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Journalist M.R. O'Connor ventures into some of the oldest, most beautiful, and remote forests in North America to explore the powerful and ancient relationship between trees, fires, and humans. Along the way, she describes revelatory research in the fields of paleobotany and climate science to show how the world's forests have been shaped by fire for hundreds of millions of years. As she weaves together first-hand reportage with research and cultural...
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Montano, a disaster researcher, explains why we aren't doing enough to prevent or prepare for disasters, the critical role of media, and how our approach to recovery is not designed to serve marginalized communities. Now that climate change is contributing to the disruption of ecosystems and worsening disasters, Dr. Montano offers a preview of what will happen to our communities if we don't take aggressive, immediate action. In a section devoted...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, which covered nearly thirty thousand square miles across seven states, was the most destructive river flood in U.S. history. Due to the speed of new media and the slow progress of the flood, this was the first environmental disaster to be experienced on a mass scale. As it moved from north to south down an environmentally and technologically altered valley, inundating plantations and displacing more than half a...
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