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003			OCoLC
005			20181231003740.0
008			181010t20182018onca b 001 0 eng d
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019			_a1076486987
020			_a9781770413467 _q(softcover)
020			_a1770413464 _q(softcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1056246785 _z(OCoLC)1076486987
092			_a551.5 _bD515
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aDewdney, Christopher, _d1951- _eauthor. _9382225
245	1	0	_a18 miles : _bthe epic drama of our atmosphere and its weather / _cChristopher Dewdney.
246	3		_aEighteen miles : _bthe epic drama of our atmosphere and its weather
264		1	_aToronto, Ontario, Canada : _bECW, _c[2018]
264		4	_c©2018
300			_a263 pages : _billustration ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 243-248) and index.
520			_a"We live at the bottom of an ocean of air -- 5,200 million million tons, to be exact. It sounds like a lot, but Earth's 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, Christopher Dewdney reveals to us the invisible rivers in the sky that affect how our weather works and the structure of clouds and storms and seasons, the rollercoaster of climate. 18 Miles is a kaleidoscopic and fact-filled journey that uncovers our obsession with the atmosphere and weather -- as both evocative metaphor and physical reality. From the roaring winds of Katrina to the frozen oceans of Snowball Earth, Dewdney entertains as he gives readers a long overdue look at the very air we breathe."-- _cBack cover.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Stormy with a chance of life: the improbable birth of our atmosphere -- The wild blue yonder: the layers of the atmosphere -- Cloud Nine: inside the misty giants above our heads -- The poem of Earth: rain -- The secret life of storm -- Katrina: the life story of a hurricane -- Palace of the winds -- Which way the wind blows: the story of weather forecasting -- Apollo's chariot: the seasons -- A cold place: winter and the ice ages -- Climate change past and present -- Weather that changed history -- Postscript: Fire, water, earth, air.
650		0	_aAtmosphere _vPopular works. _9382226
650		0	_aMeteorology _vPopular works. _9153754
650		0	_aWeather _vPopular works. _951144
650		0	_aWeather forecasting _vPopular works. _9318406
650		0	_aClimatology _vPopular works. _9153753
650		0	_aClimatic changes _vPopular works. _997345
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