Allaby, Michael

Provides information about fog, smog, and poisoned rain, explaining why such weather phenomena occur, and discussing the impact of air pollution on people and the environment. Includes sidebars, illustrations and graphs, and resources for further research.

Volume one of a two-volume set which features maps, charts, photographs, and four thousand cross-referenced entries which discuss a variety of topics related to weather and climate.

An introduction to the world of weather including hands-on experiments and projects for all the family.

Explains the science behind floods, discussing how, why, and where they occur, considering the cost of floods, and looking at significant floods of the past.

Explains the science behind droughts, discussing how, why, and where they occur, describing how global climate change might affect the severity of droughts, and looking at serious droughts in the past.

Presents an overview of hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, blizzards, floods, and other types of dangerous weather, provides a time line of catastrophic weather events from c. 3200 B.C. to 1997, features a chronology of meteorological discovery, and includes a selection of weather experiments.

Explains the science behind blizzards, discussing how, why, and where they occur, showing how they differ from ordinary snowstorms, and looking at some of the most significant blizzards of the past.