Weather For Dummies - $10 in Kelowna, British Columbia for sale

ISBN: 0764552430
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What's going on up there when the rain falls, when the wind blows, when the clouds roll in and the lightning flashes? How do hurricanes arise and where to tornadoes come from? Why do seasonal conditions sometimes vary so much from one year to the next? Our ways of life, our very existences depend on knowing the answers to questions like these. Economies have been wiped out, civilizations have risen and fallen, entire species have come into being or gone extinct because of a temperature shift of just a few degrees, or a brief shortage or glut of rainfall. With so much riding on the weather, it makes you wonder how you've lived this long without knowing more about it.

Don't worry it's never too late to find out about what makes the weather tick.

And there's never been an easier or more enjoyable way to learn than Weather For Dummies. In know time, you'll know enough of weather basics to be able to:

Identify cloud types
Make sense of seasonal differences in the weather
Understand what causes hurricanes, tornadoes, and other extreme events
Make your own weather forecasts
Avoid danger during severe weather
Understand the global warming debate
Get a handle on smog, the greenhouse effect, El Ni