Allaby, Michael

Examines what air is, air and climate, and air and humans.

In nine volumes, explores each of the earth's major ecological regions, defining important features, animals, and environmental issues.

Provides biological, climatic, economic, geographical, geological, and historical perspectives on desert environments, and explains how the ecosystems came to be, how they have changed throughout history, and how they have been affected by human activity.

Provides information about tornadoes, explaining how they form, what happens inside a tornado, how they travel, when and where they occur, and other aspects of the destructive storms; looks at how tornadoes are tracked and forecast; and includes accounts of some of history's worst tornadoes.

Explores the history of weather and weather science, provides a chronicle catastrophic weather events from c. 3200 B.C. to 2003, features a chronology of meteorological discovery, and includes weather data, and a glossary.

Explains the science behind blizzards, discussing how, why, and where they occur, showing how they differ from ordinary snowstorms, and looking at some of the most significant blizzards of the past.

Presents an overview of hurricanes, describing how they form, what happens inside them, the damage they can do, and how they are named and tracked, and offering advice on protection and safety. Includes discussion of typhoons and cyclones.

Explores a wide range of weather topics, including climate and seasons, wind and gales, lightning and thunderstorms, hurricanes and tornadoes, solar wonders, and weather forecasting.

Thousands of photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and maps along with detailed text, offer a comprehensive overview of the earth, covering the planet's history, creation, inner workings, structure, tectonic forces, climate, oceans, landscapes, inhabitants, and dangers.

Contains over six thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of words related to the Earth sciences, covering climatology, economic geology, geochemistry, oceanography, paleontology, petrology, and volcanology.