Cosmic Threats: A Planetary Response

by Neville Brown

Book Overview

This book calls for the progressive creation of supra-national institutions intended to protect life on Earth against natural threats, be these terrestrial (pandemics, super-volcanoes, major earthquakes) or celestial (comets, asteroids, meteor storms). The protection proffered would need to be pre-emptive though also responsive, reducing the number of adverse events but also their specific consequences. Rancid though the world scene currently looks,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845197712
• ISBN13: 9781845197711
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"