The secret world of weather : how to read signs in every cloud, breeze, hill, street, plant, animal, and dewdrop

Book 2021

"A guide to uncovering the mysteries of weather using close observation--decoding the ever-shifting alchemy of heat, water, and air to understand how it shapes our cities, woods, and hills"--Provided by publisher.

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Weather forecasting

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ISBN:

9781615197545
1615197540

Description:

373 pages : illustrations (some color), plates, photographs (some color) ; 22 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-351) and index

Contents:

Two Worlds
The Secret Laws
The Talk of the Sides
Who Changed the Air?
How to Feel the Wind
Dew and Frost
Rain
A Bloodhound in the Woods
Hail and Snow
Fog
Cloud Secrets
Thirsting for Signs: An Interlude
The Local Winds
The Trees
Plants, Fungi, and Lichens
The Hoodoos: An Interlude
The City
The Coast
The Animals
Storms
The Celestial and the Sublime
Our Weather

LCCN:

2021001387

Control Number:

3077707

Other Authors:

Gower, Neil, illustrator

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