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3) Weather
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"Why does it rain? How hot is a bolt of lightning? What makes hurricanes form, and how does climate change affect the weather? What happens when a cold front rolls in? Become a meteorology expert and set up your own home weather station, and learn to read nature's own signs of changing weather. Eyewitness Weather shows you what weather looks like, from a tropical storm cloud seen from above to close-ups of snowflake crystals. Learn about what weather...
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Recent decades have brought record temperatures, devastating storms, and killer waves, which have in turn spurred widespread curiosity about how such weather systems develop. Organized by weather event -- including hurricanes, winter storms, lightning, tornadoes, floods, heat waves, and more -- Extreme Weather takes an eye-popping look at exactly how meteorological systems work and evenhandedly discusses the impact human activity has had in altering...
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"As snowpocalypse descends once again, one temperamental weatherman is determined to set the record straight on the myths and misconceptions surrounding the elements. What is the difference between weather and climate? How do weather satellites predict the future? Can someone outrun a tornado? Does the rotation of the Earth affect wind currents? And does meteorology have anything to do with meteors? Stormin Norman Weatherby is gearing up to answer...
10) What is climate?
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Introduces the concept of climate, including the four seasons; describes how it differs all around the world, from tropical to arctic; and explains drastic climate change and how it is affecting the Earth.
11) Wild weather
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THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS PRESENTS WILD WEATHER is a photographic nonfiction companion book to the original bestselling title, THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS INSIDE A HURRICANE.
INSIDE A HURRICANE took thousands of kids inside the eye of a hurricane. MAGIC SCHOOL BUS PRESENTS WILD WEATHER will expand upon the original title with fresh, updated Common Core-aligned content about incredible weather events. With vivid full-color photographs on each page and illustrations...
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"We live at the bottom of an ocean of air 5,200 million million tons, to be exact. It sounds like a lot, but Earths atmosphere is smeared onto its surface in an alarmingly thin layer 99 percent contained within 18 miles. Yet, within this fragile margin lies a magnificent realm at once gorgeous, terrifying, capricious, and elusive. With his keen eye for identifying and uniting seemingly unrelated events, Chris Dewdney reveals to us the invisible...
14) Arto's big move
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Having lived in the cold, snowy North his entire life, Arto is upset about moving to the South when his mother gets a new job, until he makes a friend who teaches him that adapting to his surroundings might not be such a bad idea.
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In this brand-new, 2016, high-definition program, learn about weather, climate, the greenhouse effect, the role that ocean plays in climate, and the effects of global warming. Detailed graphics, diagrams, and exciting video, as well as on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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At a time when extreme weather is becoming more and more common, get clued up on the science behind it and the ways in which it's changing. Learn about all kinds of weather and marvel at how powerful it can be. Discover what the weather was like when the Earth was born and what it could be like in the future. Find out how weather is predicted and the inventions that harness its power.
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Dude, I am Ocean. You know my many names: Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, Southern. It's all excellent me. My salt water flows across the planet as one. I have no flag. No nationality. My waves are for all. Life on Earth began in my epic waters I keep the global climate just right. And I have rad secrets. But I'm facing a major wipeout! Only by working together can we get back in the zone. It's you and me, dudes."--Publisher