Search Results: Returned 14 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 14
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-- Chemical plant accident2004., World Almanac Library Call No: 363.17 BRY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Environmental disastersSummary Note: Presents an account of the 1984 chemical accident at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, and its aftermath.
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2005., Facts on File, Inc. Call No: 333.79 ING Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Environmental disastersSummary Note: A thorough examination of the circumstances surrounding the nuclear accident at the Chernobyl power station, generally accepted to be the worst nuclear disaster in history.
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c2005, Juvenile, Facts on File Call No: 363.17 99 094776 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Environmental disastersSummary Note: Presents a comprehensive survey of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union on April 26, 1986, and examines the radioactive fallout that extended to most of Europe, the Soviet cover-up, and the long-term effects on the people and the environment.
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2005., Facts on File, Inc. Call No: 363.739 LEA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Environmental disastersSummary Note: A thorough examination of the circumstances surrounding the disaster caused when an oil tanker struck a reef and more than eleven million gallons of crude oil were spilled.
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c2005, Juvenile, Facts on File Call No: 363.738 2 097983 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Environmental disastersSummary Note: Presents a comprehensive survey of the Exxon Valdez oil spill which occurred off the coast of Valdez, Alaska in 1989, and examines the immediate danger and damage to the environment, who was responsible for the disaster, and the steps that have been taken to prevent such an accident from happening again.
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c2005, Facts on File Call No: 363.34 922 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Environmental disastersSummary Note: Presents a comprehensive survey of Hurricane Andrew in the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana from August 22 to 26, 1992, and examines the death toll and damage left behind, its effect on the natural environment, how and why hurricanes develop, and more.
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2005., Facts on File, Inc. Call No: 956.704 HIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Environmental disastersSummary Note: A description of the events leading up to the oil fires that were deliberately set during the Persian Gulf War, what happened during its occurrence, adn the ensuing impact.
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c2005, Juvenile, Facts on File Call No: 363.738 2 095367 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Environmental disastersSummary Note: Examines the massive oil fires set by retreating Iraqi troops in Kuwait during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, and describes the effects on the people, economy, and environment of the entire region and how scientists continue to track pollution levels and health histories.
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2001., Pre-adolescent, Perfection Learning Call No: 551.55 JEN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Environmental disastersSummary Note: On March 26, 1931, twenty Colorado children and their bus driver were trapped in their school bus during a blizzard.
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2004., World Almanac Call No: 363.738 BRY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Environmental disastersSummary Note: Traces the history and eventual cleanup of the ecological disaster known as Love Canal, which resulted from building a neighborhood over a chemical dumpsite that poisoned the environment and endangered the health of residents.
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2005., Juvenile, Facts on File Call No: 551.21 Har Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Environmental disastersSummary Note: Presents an overview of volcanoes in general and details the eruption on Mount St. Helens, including the signals that were observed prior to the volcanic eruption.
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-- Mount Saint Helens volcanic eruptionc2005, Juvenile, Facts on File Call No: 551.21 09797 84 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Environmental disastersSummary Note: Presents a comprehensive study of the Mount St. Helens eruption that took place on May 18, 1980 in Washington State, and describes the events leading up to it, how the eruption affected the surrounding communities, and the serious health and environmental effects.
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2005., Facts on File, Inc. Call No: 363.34 WOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Environmental disastersSummary Note: A thorough examination of the earthquake that is considered one of the first environmental disasters of the modern age, striking California's Bay Area, leaving more than 500 dead, thousands homeless, and $500 million in property damage.
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c2005, Juvenile, Facts on File Call No: 363.34 95 0979461 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Environmental disastersSummary Note: Chronicles the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and its aftermath, presenting details on several individuals who were there, and describes how earthquakes are recorded and measured.