| Preface | p. 11 |
| The Violent Earth | p. 15 |
| Earth Shaking | p. 16 |
| Earthquakes: Shake, Rattle, and Roll | p. 16 |
| Earthquakes Revisited: Quakes Out of Nowhere | p. 20 |
| Tsunamis: Let's Give a Big Wave | p. 25 |
| Why the Earth Has Zits | p. 31 |
| Volcanoes: In the Land of Mordor Where the Shadows Lie | p. 31 |
| Volcanoes Again: Smoldering in a Backyard Near You | p. 36 |
| The Downside of Downslides | p. 41 |
| Landslides: Soil in a Slump | p. 41 |
| Ocean and Climate Fears | p. 47 |
| The Ocean in Action | p. 48 |
| Rip Currents: The Riptides That Bind--and Hurt | p. 48 |
| Beach Erosion: There Goes the Neighborhood | p. 51 |
| Beach Waste: Down at the Seashore, Picking Sea Syringes | p. 54 |
| Ocean Party Animals and Plants | p. 57 |
| Jellyfish and Stingrays: Reach Out and Sting Someone | p. 57 |
| Other Venomous Animals: Not Quite Love Potion #9 | p. 61 |
| Sharks: We Need a Bigger Boat | p. 64 |
| Coming Soon to a Climate Near You | p. 70 |
| Global Warming: Earth As a Crock-Pot | p. 70 |
| Rapid Climate Change: The Great Climatological Houdini | p. 76 |
| Weather Wary | p. 79 |
| Winds: They Could Blow You Away | p. 80 |
| Heat Bursts: Are We Well-Done Yet? | p. 80 |
| Downsloping Winds: "Anything Can Happen..." | p. 82 |
| Macrobursts: Batten Down the Hatches | p. 84 |
| Tornadoes: Welcome to Oz | p. 86 |
| Hurricanes: Riders on the Storm | p. 90 |
| Dust Storms: The Grapes of Wrath | p. 92 |
| Lightning: When Nature Flashes Us | p. 95 |
| Lightning Strikes: Truly a Bolt from the Blue | p. 95 |
| Ball Lightning: Great Balls of Lightning | p. 98 |
| Rain and Snow: Caught in the Storm | p. 101 |
| Hail: Rain, Rain, the Hail's All Here | p. 101 |
| Snow: Not the Perfect Storm | p. 103 |
| Hazardous Space Stuff | p. 107 |
| Things to Watch Nearby | p. 108 |
| Space Weather: Something Wicked This Way Comes | p. 108 |
| Stellar Brightness: Our Sun's Idea of Fun | p. 111 |
| Near-Earth Asteroids: Someone's Knocking at the Door | p. 113 |
| Comets: What a Tail | p. 117 |
| The Oozing Ozone | p. 122 |
| Ozone Loss: It's Not Your Father's Tan | p. 122 |
| Things to Watch Out There | p. 125 |
| Killer Cosmic Clouds: When Interstellar Dust Gets in Your Eyes | p. 125 |
| Cosmic Ray Jets: Any Relation to the Jetsons? | p. 127 |
| Black Holes: Gobbling Up Everything | p. 128 |
| Travel-Time Terrors | p. 131 |
| Leaving on a Jet Plane | p. 132 |
| Deep Vein Thrombosis: Getting There Is Only Half the Fun | p. 132 |
| Disinsection: They Check In, but They Don't Check Out | p. 137 |
| Sick "In-Country" | p. 143 |
| Insect-Borne Diseases: Dodging the Bites | p. 143 |
| Human-Borne Diseases: The Enemy Is Us | p. 147 |
| Food and Water: Tainted Temptations | p. 155 |
| Backyard Perils | p. 163 |
| Things in the Yard | p. 164 |
| Trees: Revenge of the Ents | p. 164 |
| Rabid Animals: Why Do You Think They Call It Wildlife? | p. 168 |
| How Not to Torch the Backyard | p. 172 |
| Backyard Burning: Something's Burning | p. 172 |
| Barbecuing: Charcoal Burning Everywhere ... | p. 174 |
| Wildfires: Bad Burns | p. 176 |
| Your Backyard's Little Wildlife | p. 178 |
| Ticks: I'm Growing Attached to You | p. 178 |
| Mosquitoes: They're Everywhere! They're Everywhere! | p. 183 |
| Fire Ants: Not Necessarily Your Typical Picnic Variety | p. 186 |
| Body Beware | p. 189 |
| It's What's Inside That Counts | p. 190 |
| Prions: We're Just Prion Prey | p. 190 |
| Bacteria: Nosy Critters | p. 194 |
| It's What's Outside That Counts | p. 195 |
| SAD: There's No Light When You're SAD | p. 195 |
| Influenza: Facing the Flu | p. 197 |
| Mutations: Quick-Change Artists | p. 201 |
| Drug-Resistant Bacteria: Breeding the Superbug | p. 203 |
| Creatures without the Comforts | p. 207 |
| Tiny Critters: Mighty Mites | p. 207 |
| More Mites: A Natural Skin "Treatment" | p. 211 |
| Lice: Keeping Your Head | p. 215 |
| Biting Bugs: Got Itch? | p. 216 |
| No Place Like Home? | p. 223 |
| What's Haunting Your House? | p. 224 |
| Pesticides: A Walk on the Wild (Chemical) Side | p. 224 |
| Hot Tubs: A Waterworld for Germs | p. 228 |
| Lead Poisoning: Leading It Out | p. 231 |
| Computers: Why We're Really Sick of Computers | p. 235 |
| Kitchen Craziness | p. 239 |
| Food Poisoning: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | p. 239 |
| Common Household Items: D-Day for Bugs | p. 244 |
| Sick of Buildings | p. 251 |
| Sick Building Syndrome: House Calls ... Literally | p. 251 |
| Carbon Monoxide: Don't Take a Breath | p. 254 |
| Radon: Just Like a Scary Movie | p. 257 |
| Just When You Thought It Was Safe ... | p. 260 |
| ... It All Comes Tumbling Down | p. 260 |
| Epilogue | p. 265 |
| Endnotes and Extras | p. 267 |
| Index | p. 281 |
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