The skies aren't friendly anymore! Sweltering heat waves. Bone-chilling blizzards. Ferocious winds. Mighty peculiar weather we've been having, isn't it? Well, scientists predict that climate trends are only going to get stranger in the future. And in Skies of Fury, top science writers Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney take you around the world, bringing you face-to-face with the eye of the storm, explaining the full range of weird weather affecting us. Discover the reasons behind: * downdrafts, heat bursts, derechoes, and tornadoes * monsoons, tropical storms, hurricanes, and rogue waves * sandstorms, dust devils, wildfires, and polar ice deserts * light pillars, diamond dust, and sun dogs * mirages, UFOs, and green flashes * torrential rainfall, ball lightning, and super showstorms * flash flooding, hall, sea smoke, and smog And much, much more! Fully illustrated with photographs from key weather trackers, and packed with unusual factoids and records, Skies of Fury reveals the extremes to which Mother Nature can go in both her unparalleled beauty and her wanton destructiveness.

Skies of Fury: Weather Weirdness Around the World

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SVARNEY, THOMAS E.

BARNES-SVARNEY, PATRICIA

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Ideal for librarians, instructors, and students, this superior, one-stop reference guide makes finding answers to natural history questions or doing research a breeze. More than just an answer book on natural history, this unique guide provides understanding into the history of science itself. Readers get rare insight into the beginnings of a scientific event, how it evolved, and who were some of the key scientists along the way. Recent scientific controversies also are included. Covering the history of earth and its living creatures, this special reference contains 30 chapters on topics in geology, oceanography, climatology, meteorology, biology, paleontology, and anthropology.

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Blood clots on airline flights? Getting a sunburn in only seven minutes? Balls of lightning moving through your window? Waves on the beach as tall as a two-story building? Volcanoes in your own backyard? Shark attacks? Isn't anything safe anymore? A Paranoid's Ultimate Survival Guide is now here to help you decide. This entertaining book enlightens the reader to the hidden (and sometimes not-so-hidden) dangers of our world – from what's lurking at your next picnic or on a kitchen sponge to bad bullfrogs and the dangers of burning backyard barrels. It offers the reader explanations of what we hear on the news, such as Lyme or Legionnaire's diseases; it examines all aspects of our daily lives, from our bathrooms to the places we vacation; and it touches on the bizarre, but scientifically studied, dangers from:dust mites to meteoritestsunamis to tickskiller clouds to jellyfishand solar flares to salmonella.These hazards are scientifically backed with recent research – some well known, some cutting edge. And most of them are not just remote possibilities but things we encounter everyday. The authors do more than just list the possible dangers we all face in and outside our home. They also help the reader judge the severity of these lurking threats and offer suggested remedies and solutions. A concluding chapter is devoted to resources on the Web that will bring you up to date on what is known about each hazard. If you're feeling paranoid, A Paranoid's Ultimate Survival Guide will show you why you have good reason to feel the way you do, and teach you how to cope with the very real threats around us. As your mother warned you, even paranoids have enemies.

A Paranoid's Ultimate Survival Guide: Dust Mites to Meteorites, Tsunamis to Ticks, Killer Clouds to Jellyfish, Solar Flares to Salmonella

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A convenient primer on the features, marine animals and plants, the human ties to (and our effect on) the oceans from the shoreline to the open water. From the Arctic to the Southern Ocean that encircles Antarctica, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, The Handy Ocean Answer Book is a comprehensive resource that investigates the 71% of our planet that is covered by oceans. Covering the Mariana Trench, sandy beaches, ocean shelves, and ocean bottoms, this engaging book answers more than 1,000 questions about ocean life from the smallest zooplankton to giant whales. 
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Provides answers to 1,000 frequently-asked questions such as "what were the largest dinosaurs known in the Jurassic period?" and "were any dinosaurs warm-blooded?"

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Answers hundreds of questions on the most interesting of topics―planet Earth! It’s right under our feet every day―Earth and all its glorious components. From fossils, rocks, and minerals to caves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, The Handy Geology Answer Book traces the formation of the universe and the planet, investigating the layers of the planet and explaining the formation of mountains and bodies of water. Questions and answers are also devoted to physical and chemical processes, fossil fuels, the effects of global warming on glaciers, world morphological features, and even the geology of other planets. 
 It answers nearly 1,000 of the most frequently asked questions on the complexities that shaped our planet. It is also a trivia buff’s delight with the stats for Earth’s deepest (the Mariana, the deepest-known ocean trench), lowest (the shoreline of the Dead Sea), highest (Mt. Everest), the longest river (the Nile), and the largest freshwater lake (Lake Superior) along with the “how and why” of these features. 
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Featuring more than 600 questions about dinosaurs—such as What dinosaurs are thought to have evolved into birds? Did dinosaurs travel in herds? and Where and what is the Dinosaur Freeway?—this fun-filled fact-book provides a wealth of information on the lives and habits of these astonishing creatures. From the Tyrannosaurus rex to the Stegosaurus, the guide profiles numerous species, chronicling their time on earth and exploring their roles in archaeological expeditions and museums today. Delightful and intriguing, this comprehensive record includes the debates still surrounding the origins and fate of these creatures that dominated the earth for millions of years but seemed to disappear in the blink of an eye.

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Skies of Fury: Weather Weirdness Around the World

The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book (Handy Answer Books)

The Handy Ocean Answer Book (Handy Answer Books)

The Oryx Guide to Natural History: The Earth and All Its Inhabitants

A Paranoid's Ultimate Survival Guide: Dust Mites to Meteorites, Tsunamis to Ticks, Killer Clouds to Jellyfish, Solar Flares to Salmonella

The Handy Ocean Answer Book (The Handy Answer Book Series)

The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book

The Handy Geology Answer Book (The Handy Answer Book Series)

The Handy Geology Answer Book (The Handy Answer Book Series)

The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book (The Handy Answer Book Series)