"Originally published as A Guide to the End of the World, this Very Short Introduction takes a timely and accessible look at global catastrophes, and shows that we should take nothing for granted."--BOOK JACKET.

Includes maps of: Earth's Plates with Locations of Recent Natural Disasters; Annual Mean Change in Temperature between Now and 2100; [Position of Tsunami Waves One Hour after Collapse of Cumbre Vieja]; Predicted Zones of Total Destruction for Variously Sized Impacts Centred on London. Rev. ed. of: A guide to the end of the world / Bill McGuire. 2002.

Very short introduction to the earth -- Global warming: a lot of hot air? -- The ice age cometh -- The enemy within: super-eruptions, giant tsunamis, and the coming great quake -- The threat from space: asteroid and comet impacts.