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Adventures in Volcanoland: What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves

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Adventures in Volcanoland charts journeys across deserts, through jungles and up ice caps, to some of the world’s most important volcanoes, from Nicaragua to Hawaii, Santorini to Ethiopia, exploring Tamsin Mather’s obsession with these momentous geological formations, the cultural and religious roles they have played in the minds of those living around them at different times throughout history, and the science behind their formation and eruptions.

Volcanoes help to make and shape our world, bursting forth from inside of the earth and, in many places, looming over us. Present since the earth’s beginning they continue to maintain its life support systems and, their extraordinary chemistry may even have created the ingredients needed for life to kick start.

In some places volcanoes are even beginning to provide us with part of the energy we need to curb our use of fossil fuels. They have fascinated humans for millennia, their eruptions charted throughout history, seeming to show us how the earth has been living, breathing and changing for billions of years.

Why exactly are these geological mammoths found where they are? What can they teach us about our environment, the Anthropocene and the ecological disaster that is climate change? Are there volcanoes on other planets, and what might they tell us about whether we could one day live there if we exhaust our own habitat? How can we predict if or when volcanoes might explode?

Adventures in Volcanoland is an enthralling mix of travel, science and environmental writing for fans of Robert MacFarlane and Raynor Winn.


From the Publisher

What volcanoes tell us about the world and ourselvesWhat volcanoes tell us about the world and ourselves

Why exactly are volcanoes found where they are?Why exactly are volcanoes found where they are?

Are there volcanoes on other planets?Are there volcanoes on other planets?

How can we predict when or if volcanoes might explode?How can we predict when or if volcanoes might explode?

'A collision of high adventure and vital science' Professor Clive Oppenheimer'A collision of high adventure and vital science' Professor Clive Oppenheimer

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Abacus (4 April 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1408714612
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1408714614
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.2 x 3.8 x 23.6 cm

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