04099cam a2200721 4500 530548782 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780226670041 022667004X B07XTNNJYG Amazon B07XTNNJYG Amazon B07XTNNJYG Amazon 11ea22aa-cfd9-4ba9-8e40-0416c047e338 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5038027 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Dry, Sarah. Waters of the World [Libby] : The Story of the Scientists Who Unraveled the Mysteries of Our Oceans, Atmosphere, and Ice Sheets and Made the Planet Whole. University of Chicago Press, 2019. Glaciers. Historical. planet. Atlantic. atmosphere. alps. Global Warming. Science. scientific. Caribbean. Hydrology. mystery. Clouds. true story. Inspirational. volcano. historian. Climate change. scientist. Volcanic. History. Ocean. climatology. Meteorology. weather. International. Biographical . hydrologist. Monsoon. Ice Sheets. hot towers. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 4443kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. History. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>The compelling and adventurous stories of seven pioneering scientists who were at the forefront of what we now call climate science.</b><br /> <br /> From the glaciers of the Alps to the towering cumulonimbus clouds of the Caribbean and the unexpectedly chaotic flows of the North Atlantic, <i>Waters of the World</i> is a tour through 150 years of the history of a significant but underappreciated idea: that the Earth has a global climate system made up of interconnected parts, constantly changing on all scales of both time and space. A prerequisite for the discovery of global warming and climate change, this idea was forged by scientists studying water in its myriad forms. This is their story.<br /> <br /> Linking the history of the planet with the lives of those who studied it, Sarah Dry follows the remarkable scientists who summited volcanic peaks to peer through an atmosphere's worth of water vapor, cored mile-thick ice sheets to uncover the Earth's ancient climate history, and flew inside storm clouds to understand how small changes in energy can produce both massive storms and the general circulation of the Earth's atmosphere. Each toiled on his or her own corner of the planetary puzzle. Gradually, their cumulative discoveries coalesced into a unified working theory of our planet's climate.<br /> <br /> We now call this field climate science, and in recent years it has provoked great passions, anxieties, and warnings. But no less than the object of its study, the science of water and climate is—and always has been—evolving. By revealing the complexity of this history, <i>Waters of the World</i> delivers a better understanding of our planet's climate at a time when we need it the most.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=11ea22aa-cfd9-4ba9-8e40-0416c047e338&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=11ea22aa-cfd9-4ba9-8e40-0416c047e338&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=11ea22aa-cfd9-4ba9-8e40-0416c047e338&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)