National Geographic Investigates: Extreme Weather Science Tackles Global Warming and Climate Change

by SIMPSON, KATHLEEN

• ISBN13: 9781426303593
• ISBN10: 1426303599
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-12
• Publisher: National Geographic Kids

Summary

Huge hurricanes, devastating droughts, ferocious blizzards. What's going on? Scientists around the globe are focusing on extremes of weather, both past and present. Join the weather scientists who are using modern technology, including satellites and supercomputers, to produce a weather forecast for Earth's future. Extreme Weather gives readers the expert's views and highlights the climate changes that may be on the horizon.

Author Biography

Kathleen Simpson lives in the hill country of central Texas with her husband and dogs. She has authored numerous works for young people, including the National Geographic Investigates books Extreme Weather: Science Tackles Global Warming and Climate Change, Genetics: From DNA to Designer Dogs, and The Human Brain: Inside Your Body’s Control Room.

Table of Contents

Message From the Consultant	p. 8
Map of Extreme Weather Around the World	p. 9
Timeline of Historical Weather Events	p. 10
Clues From the Past	p. 12
Extreme expeditions hunt for clues in ice
Drilling through Antarctic ice
A changing Earth
The greenhouse effect
The ozone layer
A warmer world
Learn About Drought	p. 20
Solving the mystery of the Maya
Searching in caves for answers
The Dust Bowl
Desertification
Easing the effects of drought
El Nino and La Nina	p. 28
What are El Nino and La Nina?
Learning the rhythms of El Nino
The great flood of 2006
Making history
El Nino every year?
Hurricane!	p. 36
Anatomy of a hurricane
Hurricanes no one will forget
Not enough information
Who names hurricanes?
Tracking Hurricane Helene
Meet a meteorologist
Collecting Dust	p. 44
Dust may be a good thing
Dust and the Amazon rain forest
How much rain does a rain forest need?
Answers lead to more questions
Forecast for the Future	p. 50
More than mushrooms
The other extreme
A glimpse of the future?
Blizzards-the worst and the whitest
The Years Ahead	p. 58
Glossary	p. 59
Bibliography	p. 60
On the Web	p. 60
Further Reading	p. 60
Index	p. 61
About the Author and Consultant	p. 63
Credits	p. 64
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