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Super Volcano: The Ticking Time Bomb beneath Yellowstone National Park

By Greg Breining

The volcanic caldera that sits beneath Yellowstone National Park is 45 miles wide, encompassing all of Yellowstone. Historically, this volcano erupted about once every 600,000 years. It’s been 630,000 years since its last eruption, leaving it about 30,000 years overdue.

In this book, author Greg Breining takes a scientific, yet accessible, look at the enormous natural disaster brewing beneath the surface of the United States. Beginning with a scenario of what could happen when Yellowstone erupts again, he describes how volcanoes function and includes a timeline of famous volcanic eruptions throughout history.

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Katrina Resource Page

The Center created a Web page that compiles a list of useful resources examining the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

The Natural Hazards Center Library at the University of Colorado houses one of the most unique collections of social science literature in the world. The library's primary focus is on research and information about how society prepares for, responds to, recovers from, and mitigates damage and other losses from natural hazards and catastrophic events.

This nonlending library is an important resource for scholars and practitioners who are studying hazards and disasters. The collection includes bound documents, serials, reports, journal articles, video tapes, and compact discs.

HazLit, the library's searchable online database, provides access to the full collection of the library. HazLit offers users the opportunity to easily search the library's holdings and identify the publications they need. The database is updated weekly.

In addition to this online service, for a fee, the Natural Hazards Center can conduct extensive custom searches of its library collection. Feel free to ask us hazards-related questions too! We are happy to guide your research or put you in touch with people or institutions that may have the answers you need.

The Natural Hazards Center would like to thank the Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI) for funding the HazLit upgrade project.