The Weather Machine: How Weather Works and Why It Is Changing

Hard Cover. Very Good++/Very Good. No Printing Stated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. In reporting on current efforts to understand why our weather has suddenly decided to change gears, the author takes the reader to the outposts of meteorological discovery around the world. From balloons to satelites to computers to observatories throughout the globe, these are the latest ideas about how storms work, how oceans can generate spells of peculiar weather, the way volcanoes, changes in the sun and variations in the earth's orbit alter the climate. Facsinating.143 pages including index. Photos, charts and maps. Dust jacket has some wear notably along the upper edge -- small mended tear and chip -- lower edge -- mended tear at front corner. Bump to upper front corner. Overall nice copy.