Weather: How It Works And Why It MattersBasic Books, 7 de gen. 2008 - 240 pàgines Scientists have delved deep into the smallest particles of matter and have extended their view to the far reaches of the universe, but still seem unable to predict the temperature five days hence. In this intriguing book, two scientists examine recent progress in the fields of meteorology and climatology. Amid colorful anecdotes of the Galapagos, Siberia, and places closer to home, they describe the earth's atmosphere, its origin and structure, and the forces that have shaped and continue to affect it. They explore temperature, pressure, and other properties of air and weather, including warm and cold fronts, highs and lows, clouds, trade winds, prevailing westerlies, and sky phenomena such as rainbows, halos, coronae, and sun dogs. The authors end with a discussion of the major threats to earth's atmosphere brought on by human activity, including global warming and ozone depletion, and argue that pure science -- not politics -- should dictate our policy responses. |
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Pàgina xii
... regions . 9.3 Map of North America , showing the maximum glaciation of the Wisconsin ice age , 18,000 B.C. 9.4 Two curves showing the close correlation between atmospheric temperature ( lower line ) and abundance of carbon dioxide ...
... regions . 9.3 Map of North America , showing the maximum glaciation of the Wisconsin ice age , 18,000 B.C. 9.4 Two curves showing the close correlation between atmospheric temperature ( lower line ) and abundance of carbon dioxide ...
Pàgina 2
... regions . As the twentieth century drew to a close , this desolate weather pattern grew ever more com- mon during the summers . It affected not only cities known for oppressive summer heat - Washington , Rome , and Athens — but also ...
... regions . As the twentieth century drew to a close , this desolate weather pattern grew ever more com- mon during the summers . It affected not only cities known for oppressive summer heat - Washington , Rome , and Athens — but also ...
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... region , but the car reradiates in the infrared , invisible to our eyes . Window glass is opaque to this radiation to the extent that the car heats up until some of the radiation can escape . Like a hot car , the atmosphere blocks the ...
... region , but the car reradiates in the infrared , invisible to our eyes . Window glass is opaque to this radiation to the extent that the car heats up until some of the radiation can escape . Like a hot car , the atmosphere blocks the ...
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... region of mostly falling tempera- ture with altitude . Physically , the troposphere is characterized through its major energy input , which comes from the heated surface below ; and the surface as an energy source makes impossible any ...
... region of mostly falling tempera- ture with altitude . Physically , the troposphere is characterized through its major energy input , which comes from the heated surface below ; and the surface as an energy source makes impossible any ...
Pàgina 21
... regions of the atmosphere where the rising air has dropped its temperature to the dew point . Massive condensation sets in , either as droplets or as miniature ice crystals , depending on the tempera- ture . The presence of such ...
... regions of the atmosphere where the rising air has dropped its temperature to the dew point . Massive condensation sets in , either as droplets or as miniature ice crystals , depending on the tempera- ture . The presence of such ...
Continguts
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The Four Seasons | 31 |
Weather Wisdom and Lore | 55 |
Stormy Weather | 71 |
Here Come the Glaciers | 92 |
The Majority Rules | 146 |
From Hoax to Menace | 154 |
Two Worlds | 166 |
The World in a Future Climate | 183 |
Mass and Weight | 200 |
Instances of Global Warming | 213 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 55 - He answered and said unto them, "When it is evening ye say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.
Pàgina 92 - Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
Pàgina 63 - When the wind is in the east, It's good for neither man nor beast. When the wind is in the north, The old folk should not venture forth, When the wind is in the south, It blows the bait in the fishes
Pàgina 50 - The moon and the weather May change together; But change of the moon Does not change the weather. If we'd no moon at all, And that may seem strange, We still should have weather That's subject to change.
Pàgina 70 - Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! You cataracts and hurricanes, spout Till you have drench'd our steeples, drown'd the cocks! You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt-couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head! And thou, all-shaking thunder, Smite flat the thick rotundity o
Pàgina 42 - The first day or so we all pointed to our countries. The third or fourth day we were pointing to our continents. By the fifth day we were aware of only one Earth.
Pàgina 58 - When the dew is on the grass, Rain will never come to pass. When the grass is dry at night, Look for rain before the light. When grass is dry at morning light, Look for rain before the night.
Pàgina 196 - I'd buried Maman, and like then, my forehead especially was hurting me, all the veins in it throbbing under the skin. It was this burning, which I couldn't stand anymore, that made me move forward. I knew that it was stupid, that I wouldn't get the sun off me by stepping forward. But I took a step, one step, forward.