Supervolcano: The Catastrophic Event That Changed the Course of Human History by John Savino, Ph.D. and Marie D. Jones

		Supervolcano The Catastrophic Event That Changed the Course of Human History by John Savino, Ph.D. and Marie D. Jones Publisher: New Page Books, Aug 2007 Pages: 146 ISBN: 978-1564149534 Cost $12.23 (discount)

ABOUT THE BOOK Approximately 75,000 years ago, an event occurred that almost wiped out human life. According to a stunning new theory, this singular event may also have completely altered the genetic evolution of humankind. It was an event that released 3,000 times the energy of Mt. St. Helens. The new book, *Supervolcano, explores this eruption of the Toba supervolcano in Sumatra, Indonesia, its far-reaching impact, and the strong possibility of another supervolcano eruption in our lifetime. Supervolcanoes are considered one of the five biggest threats to humankind, along with asteroids, nuclear war, disease, and global warming. But of those, supervolcanoes are the only threat that cannot be prevented. And their effects are catastrophic. So devastating was the Toba eruption and the sheer amount of ash it released into the atmosphere, it altered the global climate for years, creating a mini Ice Age that obliterated massive amounts of plant, animal, and human life. A new theory claims this earth-shattering event also caused a severe "population bottleneck" in humans, leading to the eventual extinction of all other branches of our species with the exception of one...the branch that survived Toba and became modern humans. Supervolcano* will explore:
-What supervolcanos are, where they are found, and why they are so deadly to life on earth. Toba, the largest of the known supervolcanoes in the past 27 million years, and how its catastrophic environmental aftermath brought humanity to the brink of extinction. How genetic, geological, and computer studies show that each human today is related to a survivor of Toba. How we can prepare for the next supervolcano, which many earth scientists believe could be right here in our own backyard--Yellowstone National Park. And why they believe an eruption at Yellowstone could be as catastrophic for humanity as Toba.

From the Back Cover "When a supervolcano goes off...it produces energy equivalent to an impact with a comet or asteroid. You can try diverting an asteroid, but there is nothing at all you can do about a supervolcano." --Dr. Ted Nield, Geological Society of London

DR. JOHN SAVINO was born and raised in Connecticut; married with three children and three grandchildren. He received Masters Degree in Physics (1964) and Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Geophysics (1971) from Columbia University, New York, New York. Graduate and postgraduate work in seismology performed at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, part of Columbia University. Fields of study included plate tectonics and earthquake prediction and discrimination between earthquakes and underground explosions. From 1991 to the present have been working on the potential seismic and volcanic hazards associated with the underground high-level waste repository planned for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, located about 90 miles north of Las Vegas.

MARIE JONES is the author of PSIence: How New Discoveries In Quantum Physics and New Science May Explain the Existence of Paranormal Phenomena. Marie is also a New Thought/Metaphysics minister and spiritual counselor and has worked as a field investigator for MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) in Los Angeles and San Diego in the 1980s and 1990s. She has an extensive background in metaphysics, the paranormal and spiritual studies. She is also involved in progressive politics and serves as the Vice President and Media Director for Progressive Democrats of America’s San Diego chapter.

Marie is a widely published author with hundreds of credits, including Looking For God in All the Wrong Places, an award-winning spiritual humor book. She has co-authored over three dozen inspirational books for PIL/New Seasons, and is a popular online book reviewer for Curled Up With A Good Book and BookIdeas.com. She lives in San Marcos, California with her son, Max, where she is currently working on her next book, 2013: End of Days or A New Beginning – Envisioning the World After the Events of 2012, due in the summer of 2008.