Ecological Disasters
- ISBN-10
- 1450907938
- ISBN-13
- 9781450907934
- Series
- Ecological Disasters
- Category
- Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984.
- Pages
- 36
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Benchmark Education Company
- Author
- Barbara M. Linde
Description
Readers learn about four historical ecological disasters.
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