Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

2nd Edition

Ramesh Sivanpillai, John Shroder
Elsevier
550 pages
ISBN: 9780128205099
April 2023

This book provides an integrated look at major impacts to the Earth’s biosphere caused by diseases, algal blooms, insects, animals, species extinction, deforestation, land degradation, and comet and asteroid strikes, with important implications for humans. It incorporates perspectives from the natural and social sciences to offer in-depth coverage of threats from microscopic organisms to celestial objects and their potential impacts.