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Questo secondo volume prosegue la breve trattazione sulle catastrofi naturali. È la volta delle catastrofi dell’acqua e dell’aria, spesso sui giornali quando un uragano o un’inondazione colpiscono il nostro pianeta. E anche delle minacce cosmiche, rare ma in grado di annientare la nostra civiltà. Vedremo quegli straordinari eventi di cui conosciamo l’esistenza dallo studio degli strati geologici e dei fossili, ma la cui causa è ancora avvolta nel mistero. Si tratta delle estinzioni di massa, episodi in cui la biosfera è cambiata in maniera improvvisa e drammatica a causa di una catastrofe globale. Tra un aneddoto e una digressione sulle basi scientifiche dei fenomeni e passando attraverso qualche caso di studio, si incuriosisce il lettore su un tema importante e coinvolgente.

Earthquakes. --- Geography. --- Natural disasters. --- Nature -- Effect of human beings on. --- Geography --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Physical Geography --- Natural calamities --- Earth sciences. --- Paleontology. --- Astronomy. --- Astrophysics. --- Cosmology. --- Environment. --- Earth Sciences. --- Natural Hazards. --- Environment, general. --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- Disasters --- Geology. --- Environmental sciences. --- Paleontology . --- Environmental science --- Science --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Fossils --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Ecology