Answering the most important questions students and non-specialists have about weather, this volume gives an overview of the current information that shapes the way weather is understood and studied and features discussions that explore various aspects of weather and weather science.

There are floods throughout the world, many of them devastating and deadly. This text explores their occurrence, explaining storms and cloudbursts, thunder and lightning, and the monsoons. There are also sidebars containing concepts from atmospheric science, including glacioisostasy.

Biomes of the Earth is a new 10-volume set that outlines the main features of each of Earth's major biomes. The biomes covered include the tundra habitats, the taiga and temperate forests, grasslands of the prairies and the tropical savanna, deserts of the world, tropical forests of the equatorial regions, wetlands of the world, vast oceans, rivers and lakes, and a manmade biome--"agricultural and urban areas. This richly illustrated set provides students with a basic understanding of Earth's biodiversity, the factors that influence it, and the future dangers that face the planet and our...

Biomes of the Earth is a new 10-volume set that outlines the main features of each of Earth's major biomes. The biomes covered include the tundra habitats, the taiga and temperate forests, grasslands of the prairies and the tropical savanna, deserts of the world, tropical forests of the equatorial regions, wetlands of the world, vast oceans, rivers and lakes, and a manmade biome--"agricultural and urban areas. This richly illustrated set provides students with a basic understanding of Earth's biodiversity, the factors that influence it, and the future dangers that face the planet and our...

Biomes of the Earth is a new 10-volume set that outlines the main features of each of Earth's major biomes. The biomes covered include the tundra habitats, the taiga and temperate forests, grasslands of the prairies and the tropical savanna, deserts of the world, tropical forests of the equatorial regions, wetlands of the world, vast oceans, rivers and lakes, and a manmade biome--"agricultural and urban areas. This richly illustrated set provides students with a basic understanding of Earth's biodiversity, the factors that influence it, and the future dangers that face the planet and our...

In the years since the first edition of this award-winning encyclopedia was published, research in the atmospheric sciences has been intense and much has happened--making this revised edition an essential one. This new two-volume set has also been restructured--featuring a mix of new, expanded, updated, and rewritten entries along with new photographs and updated, redesigned line illustrations. Authoritative entries describe processes such as cloud formation, atmospheric phenomena such as rainbows, and some of the techniques and instruments used to study the atmosphere. The extensive coverage...