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Earth in flames : how an asteroid killed the dinosaurs and how we can avoid a similar fate from nuclear winter /

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'Earth in Flames' discusses how the dinosaurs died and how their deaths parallel what might happen to people after a nuclear war. The book reflects on the odds of future asteroid impacts, how to stop them, and what the readers personally and together can do to prevent a nuclear war, so tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Toon, O. B. (Author), Robock, Alan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2025.
Subjects:
Nuclear warfare > Environmental aspects.
Asteroids > Collisions with Earth > Forecasting.
Asteroids > Collisions with Earth > Environmental aspects.
Dinosaurs > Extinction.
Guerre nucléaire > Aspect de l'environnement.
Astéroïdes > Collisions avec la Terre > Prévision.
Astéroïdes > Collisions avec la Terre > Aspect de l'environnement.
Dinosaures > Extinction.
Environmental)
SCIENCE.
Meteorology & Climatology.
Earth Sciences.
Nuclear.
Physics.
Taxonomy.
Life Sciences.
Warfare & defence.
Warfare and Defence.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: How We Met and a Brief History
  • 1. Prologue
  • Part I Impacts, Asteroid Winters, and Dinosaurs.
  • 2. The Power of Asteroids and Comets: When Will the Next Big One Hit?
  • 3. Clues from Craters, Assured Destruction, and Ejecta Layers
  • 4. Worldwide Fires Killed the Dinosaurs
  • 5. Can We Stop an Asteroid or Comet Collision in the Future?
  • Part II Humans and Nuclear Winter.
  • 6. You Too Could Build a Bomb: It Can't Be Hard; There Are a Lot of Them
  • 7. How Many Bombs Are Out There, and How Could They Be Delivered?
  • 8. Scenarios for War and Near Misses
  • 9. Are You Being Targeted with a Nuclear Weapon?
  • 10. Assured Destruction by Nuclear Explosions
  • 11. Firestorms in Cities
  • 12. Climate Disaster, Climate Models, and Natural Analogs
  • 13. Impacts on Humans of Nuclear War
  • Part III Epilogue. Could It Happen?
  • 14. Will Humans Become Extinct from an Asteroid Collision or a Nuclear War?
  • 15. Can We Avoid Nuclear War?