Born in a small town in rural Arkansas, Daisy Bates was a journalist and activist who became one of the foremost civil rights leaders in America. In 1957 she mentored the nine black students who were integrated into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Presents an introduction to droughts, discussing their causes, government responses and the recommendations of scientists for dealing with them, and a review of some of the worst droughts of the early twenty-first century.

The words and photographs of people who have witnessed tsunamis, along with the science, history, and protection efforts surrounding this watery disaster.

Describes what volcanoes are, what causes them to erupt, and their effect on the landscape.