Title | Author | Content Sample

• Item# WWB
• ISBN13: 978-0-942679-31-1
• ISBN: 978-0-942679-31-1
• Copyright 2007
• 208 pp.
• 0.85lb
• Form: Paperback, Trade paperback (US)
• Price: $14.95

Why the Wind Blows
A History of Weather and Global Warming

By Matthys Levy

Sample Content

Search the full text of this book:

Search the full text of this book:

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Imported From Siberia—Meteorology and the Origins of Weather
2. The Currents Of Patagonia—Magellan’s 38-day Adventure
3. Force Ten—The Sunken Treasures of the Buccaneers
4. Hurricane Strength—No Region is Immune
5. Dorothy’s Whirlwind—Great Plains Tornadoes and Cyclones
6. The Last Great Adventure—Transglobal Balloon Flight
7. Transformations—Clouds Shed Tears
8. Conquering the Top of the World—Snow, Blizzards and Avalanches
9. The Unsinkable Titanic—Ripped Open by an Iceberg
10. Monsoon and Other Big Winds—Death and Renewal
11. The Cradle of Civilization—Floods Enrich the Nile Valley
12. The Modern Floods—The Missouri and the Mississippi
13. El Niño—The Mysterious Current
14. Our Changing Climate—Global Warming and our Altered Future

Appendices
A. The Power Of Wind
B. The Power Of Water
Index