Extreme WeatherExtreme Weather
a Guide & Record Book
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eBook, 2007
Current format, eBook, 2007, Climate change ed., 2nd ed, No Longer Available.eBook, 2007
Current format, eBook, 2007, Climate change ed., 2nd ed, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsIs the climate really becoming more extreme as a result of climate change? We often hear on the news that the day was the hottest, coldest, wettest, or snowiest on record. Recent evidence suggests that aspects of the climate are indeed becoming more extreme. Will the extraordinary hurricane season of 2005 and the record heat waves of 2006 become more common? The facts are in this book, including a detailed analysis of extreme weather trends in the United States going back to the nineteenth century.Also included are historical examples of some of the more bizarre weather events observed: heat bursts, electrified dust storms, snow rollers, pink snowstorms, luminous tornadoes, falls of fish and toads, ball lighting, super bolts, and other strange meteorological events.
This guide contains weather statistics from 300 weather stations in the US, as far back as the 1850s and arranged by different types of weather phenomena, from heat and drought to hurricanes and tornadoes. Official records from the US Weather Bureau and those that predate it, such as records from the Smithsonian Institution, are included. Along with the discussion, photographs, maps, many tables, and statistics from around the world are integrated. How global climate change may be influencing extreme weather events is addressed in this edition. Burt is an author and publisher of the Compass American Guides series. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A lavishly illustrated resource on some of history's most severe or unusual weather systems includes examples of electrified dust storms, pink snowstorms, luminous tornadoes, ball lightning, falls of fish and toads, and more, in a volume that features dozens of color maps and weather record tables for more than three hundred U.S. cities. Original.
Explores some of the United States most severe or unusual weather systems, including electrified dust storms, pink snowstorms, luminous tornadoes, ball lightning, and falls of fish and toads.
The ultimate weather book for the weather enthusiast or anyone interested in the oddities and extremes of nature.
This guide contains weather statistics from 300 weather stations in the US, as far back as the 1850s and arranged by different types of weather phenomena, from heat and drought to hurricanes and tornadoes. Official records from the US Weather Bureau and those that predate it, such as records from the Smithsonian Institution, are included. Along with the discussion, photographs, maps, many tables, and statistics from around the world are integrated. How global climate change may be influencing extreme weather events is addressed in this edition. Burt is an author and publisher of the Compass American Guides series. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A lavishly illustrated resource on some of history's most severe or unusual weather systems includes examples of electrified dust storms, pink snowstorms, luminous tornadoes, ball lightning, falls of fish and toads, and more, in a volume that features dozens of color maps and weather record tables for more than three hundred U.S. cities. Original.
Explores some of the United States most severe or unusual weather systems, including electrified dust storms, pink snowstorms, luminous tornadoes, ball lightning, and falls of fish and toads.
The ultimate weather book for the weather enthusiast or anyone interested in the oddities and extremes of nature.
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