Super Volcanoes - What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond

Volcanoes are capable of acts of pyrotechnical prowess verging on magic: they spout black magma more fluid than water, create shimmering cities of glass at the bottom of the ocean and frozen lakes of lava on the moon and can even tip entire planets over. Despite their reputation for destruction, volcanoes are inseparable from the creation of our planet.

Super Volcanoes revels in the incomparable power of volcanic eruptions past and present, Earth-bound and otherwise, it explores how these eruptions reveal secrets about the worlds to which they belong. Science journalist and volcanologist Robin George Andrews describes the stunning ways in which volcanoes can sculpt the sea, land and sky, and even influence the machinery that makes or breaks the existence of life. Travelling from Hawaii, Tanzania, Yellowstone and the ocean floor to the moon, Venus and Mars, Andrews explores cutting-edge discoveries and lingering scientific mysteries surrounding these phenomenal forces of nature.

About the author

Robin George Andrews is an award-winning science journalist who regularly writes about space and geosciences for outlets including the New York Times, the Atlantic, National Geographic, Scientific American, Atlas Obscura, and Quanta Magazine. He lives in London, England.

Summary

An exhilarating, time-travelling journey to the solar system’s strangest and most awe-inspiring volcanoes.

Product details

• Authors: Robin George Andrews
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780393542066
• ISBN: 978-0-393-54206-6
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Geophysics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Volcanology & seismology, Geology & The Lithosphere, Volcanology and seismology