Children's Nonfiction Disasters
Landslide and Avalanche Readiness
- Publisher
- Crabtree Publishing Company
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2020
- Category
- Disasters, Weather, General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780778774068
- Publish Date
- Feb 2020
- List Price
- $29.36
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780778774105
- Publish Date
- Feb 2020
- List Price
- $10.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 10 to 11
- Grade: 5 to 6
Description
We cannot always prevent landslides and avalanches, but we can learn how to minimize their impact on humans. This informative book examines what scientists know about the sudden movement of earth or snow, whether we can predict these slides, and how we learn from each event. By studying the harm they cause, scientists and engineers continue to come up with new and improved technologies to predict landslides and avalanches and make cities, buildings, and people safer. Case studies and brief bios of key scientists and organizations highlight the information.