Bibliograph

Weather, an illustrated history : from cloud atlases to climate change, Andrew Revkin with Lisa Mechaley

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Weather, an illustrated history : from cloud atlases to climate change, Andrew Revkin with Lisa Mechaley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Weather

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1007044215

Responsibility statement

Andrew Revkin with Lisa Mechaley

Sub title

an illustrated history : from cloud atlases to climate change

Summary

Colorful and captivating, Weather: An Illustrated History hopscotches through 100 meteorological milestones and insights, from prehistory to today's headlines and tomorrow's forecasts. Bite-sized narratives, accompanied by exciting illustrations, touch on such varied topics as Earth's first atmosphere, the physics of rainbows, the deadliest hailstorm, Groundhog Day, the invention of air conditioning, London's Great Smog, the Year Without Summer, our increasingly strong hurricanes, and the Paris Agreement on climate change. Written by a prominent and award-winning environmental author and journalist, this is a groundbreaking illustrated book that traces the evolution of weather forecasting and climate science.--Amazon

resource.variantTitle

Weather

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