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

English · Paperback / Softback

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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. Between lava that melts and re-forms the landscape, and noxious volcanic gases that poison the atmosphere, volcanoes have threatened life on Earth countless times in our planet's history. Yet despite their reputation for destruction, volcanoes are inseparable from the creation of our planet.

A lively and utterly fascinating guide to these geologic wonders, Super Volcanoes revels in the incomparable power of volcanic eruptions past and present, Earthbound and otherwise-and recounts the daring and sometimes death-defying careers of the scientists who study them. Science journalist and volcanologist Robin George Andrews explores how these eruptions reveal secrets about the worlds to which they belong, describing 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.

Walking us through the mechanics of some of the most infamous eruptions on Earth, Andrews outlines what we know about how volcanoes form, erupt and evolve, as well as what scientists are still trying to puzzle out. How can we better predict when a deadly eruption will occur-and protect communities in the danger zone? Is Earth's system of plate tectonics, unique in the solar system, the best way to forge a planet that supports life? And if life can survive and even thrive in Earth's extreme volcanic environments-superhot, super acidic and super saline surroundings previously thought to be completely inhospitable-where else in the universe might we find it?

Traveling from Hawai'i, Yellowstone, Tanzania and the ocean floor to the moon, Venus and Mars, Andrews illuminates the 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.

Product details

Authors Robin George Andrews
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 11.01.2023
 
EAN 9781324035916
ISBN 978-1-324-03591-6
Dimensions 140 mm x 211 mm x 23 mm
Weight 264 g
Illustrations 10 illustrations
Subjects Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology

NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Stationery and miscellaneous items, Miscellaneous items

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