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Waters of the world : the story of the scientists who unraveled the mysteries of our oceans, atmosphere, and ice sheets and made the planet whole / Sarah Dry

By: Dry, Sarah [author]Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, c2021Description: 332 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cmISBN: 9780226816845Subject(s): HYDROLOGY | CLIMATIC CHANGESLOC classification: GB 659.6 .D79 2019

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Hot Ice -- 3. See-Through Clouds -- 4. Number of the Monsoon -- 5. Hot Towers -- 6. Fast Water -- 7. Old Ice -- 8. Conclusion.

Summary: From the glaciers of the Alps to the towering cumulonimbus clouds of the Caribbean and the unexpectedly chaotic flows of the North Atlantic, Waters of the World 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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	LRC - Main	National University - Manila	Environmental and Sanitary Engineering	General Circulation	GC GB 659.6 .D79 2019 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000018884

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Hot Ice -- 3. See-Through Clouds -- 4. Number of the Monsoon -- 5. Hot Towers -- 6. Fast Water -- 7. Old Ice -- 8. Conclusion.

From the glaciers of the Alps to the towering cumulonimbus clouds of the Caribbean and the unexpectedly chaotic flows of the North Atlantic, Waters of the World 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.

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