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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Heat Will Kill You First is about the extreme ways in which our planet is already changing. It is about why spring is coming a few weeks earlier and fall is coming a few weeks later and the impact that will have on everything from our food supply to disease outbreaks. It is about what will happen to our lives and our communities when typical summer days in Chicago or Boston go from 90� F to 110�F. A heatwave, Goodell explains, is a predatory...
2) Weather
Author
Series
Publisher
EDC Pub
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book describes the Earth's weather, detailing the water cycle, thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, and the warming of the atmosphere.
3) Weather
Author
Series
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
[2006?]
Edition
Rev. ed.
Language
English
Description
Explores the causes, changing patterns, and forecasting of weather.
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 8
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the changing nature of weather and how meteorologists predict and study such storms as tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards.
Publisher
Disney Educational Products
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Storms: Storms happen when huge masses of air collide. Disaster or not, storms benefit us. the tropical regions of the Earth would be too hot to inhabit, and the subpolar regions too cold, if we didn't have hurricanes and typhoons to distribute the Earth's heat so efficiently. Atmosphere: There is something in the air as Bill Nye talks about the atmosphere, its five different levels, and how it protects the Earth. Bill soars into the heavy topic of...
11) Rain
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes how rain develops, providing information on such topics as rain art and computer model forecasting.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Little on earth can withstand the violent fury of an F5 tornado. A churning vortex with wind speeds over 300 mph, these tornadoes create immense swaths of death and destruction in a matter of seconds. Today, experts are exploring the supertwister's complex inner workings in bold new ways in the hopes of one day being able to accurately predict the occurrences of tornadoes. Top scientists and meteorologists work within miles of these furocious twisters...
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Ted and Kat's cousin Salim disappears from the London Eye ferris wheel, the two siblings must work together--Ted with his brain that is "wired differently" and impatient Kat--to try to solve the mystery of what happened to Salim.
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Flash floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, mudslides, thunderstorms, and wildfires--these devastating events are happening around the world at an alarming rate. As CNN's meteorologist, Bonnie Schneider reports daily on these natural disasters, explaining when they're likely to strike, and telling viewers how to respond when they do. In Extreme Weather, Schneider distills that information into a guide for readers. She interviews experts from...
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
WINNER, American Meteorological Society’s Louis J. Battan Authors’ Award
WINNER, 2019 Science Writers & Communicators of Canada Book Award
WINNER, 2018 Lane Anderson Award
“With wit and a humbling sense of wonder, this is a book that can be shared and appreciated by a wide audience who now religiously check their phones for daily forecasts.” — Publishers Weekly Starred Review
...Author
Publisher
Inner Traditions
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Shares modern biological studies offering evidence that our solar system neighbors profoundly affect and shape life on our planet. Explores the early practice of astrometeorology, revealing the links between the solar system, weather, and climate over large spans of time. Looks at the history, philosophy, and methodologies of astrology, as well as its potential future applications in medicine and the social sciences"--
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