The ultimate guide to the planet-altering effects of extreme weather, featuring
full-color photos and fascinating explanations of how weather systems work-now
in paperback
Recent decades have brought record temperatures, devastating storms, and killer
waves, which have in turn spurred widespread curiosity about how such weather
systems develop. Organized by weather event-including hurricanes, winter storms,
lightning, tornadoes, floods, heat waves, and more-"Extreme Weather" takes an
eye-popping look at exactly how meteorological systems work and evenhandedly
discusses the impact human activity has had in altering both weather and
climate.
H. Michael Mogil presents the results of his 35 years of meteorological research
in a comprehensive overview of extreme weather systems,