Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives

By Elizabeth Rusch, Tom Uhlman (photographer),

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ā€œAt 11:35 p.m., as Radio Armero played cheerful music, a towering wave of mud and rocks bulldozed through the village, roaring like a squadron of fighter jets.ā€ Twenty-three thousand people died in the 1985 eruption of Colombiaā€™s Nevado del Ruiz. Today, more than one billion people worldwide live in volcanicā€¦

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1 author picked Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

If you could choose, would you want to view a gently erupting volcano where you could outwalk the lava flowing to the sea? Or would you go for an earth-shaking explosion that releases boiling lava, choking ash, and burning gases?

In this book, you can take your pick! I loved the variety of volcanoes she explored, as well as the mission of many scientists to better predict eruptions to protect those who live near volcanoes.

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