climatology

"How old is the earth? Where is the ice three miles thick? Why are volcanoes so dangerous? Where are the wettest and driest spots on the planet? Find the answers to these questions--and many more--in Earth by the numbers."--.

Discusses Earth's climate and weather, covering blizzards, tornadoes, clouds, global warming, and weather prediction.

Describes the skills necessary to pursue a career as a climate scientist, and examines the type of work they do.

Describes how people are adapting to the increase in intense storms caused by global warming.

Examines key issues and debates about climate change, using maps to examine the signs of climate change, and discussing the causes of climate change, the threat it poses to the environment and human health, and the political debate over the topic.

This book takes a wide range of meteorological phenomena including clouds, rain, snow, and fog and examines their relationship to each other in order to explain how weather works in an easy-to-grasp way. Concepts such as energy, temperature, and electricity are described in the context of the weather cycle as well as the various climates on Earth.

Introduces the activities of people in the spring.

Presents three stories that represent three different climates, and emphasizes the importance of preserving the Earth's climate, and features Nanook the polar bear, Toco the toucan, and Sathu the tropical fish.

Describes the skills necessary to pursue a career as a climate scientist, and examines the type of work they do.

Examines scientific topics related to climate change, discussing the greenhouse effect, the possible effects of global warming, the carbon cycle, and other related topics.