Inside Access: Natural Disasters: Natural Disasters

by Bill McGuire

In this virtual tour, guide Dan Quake flies around the world in search of Earth's most dramatic natural phenomena. Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and tsunamis are observed up close in this adrenaline-filled look at natural disasters. Expert descriptions of meteorology, climate change, and plate tectonics, with the help of lift-up flaps and amazing illustrations, take children to the heart of natural disasters and show them what can be done to prevent future devastation.

27 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Bill McGuire is an academic, broadcaster, activist and Amazon UK Top 100 popular science and speculative fiction writer. He is currently Professor Emeritus of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at University College London, a co-director of the New Weather Institute, a patron of Scientists for Global Responsibility, a member of the scientific advisory board of Scientists Warning and special scientific advisor to WordForest.org.

His books include: A Guide to the End of the World: Everything you Never Wanted to Know; Surviving Armageddon: Solutions for a Threatened Planet; and Seven Years to Save the Planet. His current non-fiction book is Waking the Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes; ranked at number five in The Guardian's Top 10 'eco' books. His debut novel, Skyseed – an eco-thriller about climate engineering gone wrong – is published by The Book Guild.