Treading on thin air : atmospheric physics, forensic meteorology, and climate change : how weather shapes our everyday lives / Elizabeth Austin, Ph.D.
- Austin, Elizabeth
- Date:
- 2016
- Books
About this work
Description
"A world-renowned atmospheric physicist, revealing how the climate is an inescapable part of our daily lives, shows how the effects and impacts of weather on humans, society and the planet are changing with the times and what it means for our future, "--Amazon.com.
Publication/Creation
New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.
Physical description
xi, 273 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
Contributors
Edition
First Pegasus books cloth edition.
Contents
Surfing the Stratosphere -- The Business of Weather -- Where's the Dead Body! -- The War Effect -- The Art of Clouds -- It's Super Cool to Supercool -- A SAGE Experience -- Water Wars -- La Réunion -- The Wind is from the Left -- The Healing Power of Music and Women in Science -- A Toxic Awakening -- La Calamidad de México -- The China Factor -- Plane Crashes -- A Canary in the Coal Mine -- Extreme Extremes -- Forensics, Extreme Wx, and Death -- "Saint Francine" of Assisi.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineAKM.UOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781605988221
- 1605988227