Title:
Treading on thin air : atmospheric physics, forensic meteorology, and climate change : how weather shapes our everyday lives
Edition:
First Pegasus books cloth edition.
Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.
Physical Description:
xi, 273 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781605988221
Abstract:
A world-renowned atmospheric physicist, revealing how the climate is an inescapable part of our daily lives, shows how the effects and impacts of weather on humans, society and the planet are changing with the times and what it means for our future.
Contents:
Surfing the Stratosphere -- The Business of Weather -- Where's the Dead Body! -- The War Effect -- The Art of Clouds -- It's Super Cool to Supercool -- A SAGE Experience -- Water Wars -- La Réunion -- The Wind is from the Left -- The Healing Power of Music and Women in Science -- A Toxic Awakening -- La Calamidad de México -- The China Factor -- Plane Crashes -- A Canary in the Coal Mine -- Extreme Extremes -- Forensics, Extreme Wx, and Death -- "Saint Francine" of Assisi.
Language:
English
