# Global Catastrophes and Trends

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- Book: [Global Catastrophes and Trends](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil/global-catastrophes-and-trends) ([Global Catastrophes and Trends.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil/global-catastrophes-and-trends.md))
- Authors: [Václav Smil](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6251-822-2
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2012-09-14
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at global changes that may occur over the next fifty years—whether sudden and cataclysmic world-changing events or gradually unfolding trends. Fundamental change...