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"The Heat Will Kill You First is about the extreme ways in which our planet is already changing. It is about why spring is coming a few weeks earlier and fall is coming a few weeks later and the impact that will have on everything from our food supply to disease outbreaks. It is about what will happen to our lives and our communities when typical summer days in Chicago or Boston go from 90° F to 110°F. A heatwave, Goodell explains, is a predatory...
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From the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour of the infrastructure behind the weather forecast, the people who built it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planet. The weather is the foundation of our daily lives. It's a staple of small talk, the app on our smartphones, and often the first thing we check each morning. Yet behind these quotidian interactions is one of the most expansive machines human beings have ever...
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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 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, Chris Dewdney reveals to us the invisible...
6) Heat waves
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A discussion of a major type of natural disaster, including descriptions of some of the most severe heat waves; explanations of these phenomena, what causes them, and where they occur; and information about how to prepare for and survive these forces of nature. Features include an activity, glossary, list of resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.
9) Field guide to the weather: learn to identify clouds and storms, forecast the weather, and stay safe
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A handy reference to meteorology and to the types of weather phenomena that one might encounter at home or in nature. It includes an introduction to the basics of meteorology-explaining the aspects of the atmosphere that dictate how weather works. From there, the field guide moves in to look at a variety of individual weather topics: cloud formation (and cloud-type identification), various forms of precipitation, and much more. The author goes on...
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Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Describes the atmosphere which makes life on earth possible, explores its effects on weather and climate, and examines what causes air pollution and what can be done it.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Below-freezing temperatures, scorching heat, and
storms bigger than planet Earth are just some of the
wild weather you will encounter on your trip through
the solar system! Get your fun facts along with your
forecast for each major planet, as well as a moon
(Titan) and a dwarf planet (Pluto). Get ready for some
out of this world fun with Solar System Forecast!
15) Weather
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World Book, Inc
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
16) Feel the fog
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Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A photographic picture book that explores how fog is formed, how it clears away, why it feels cold, and more"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This highly informative and fascinating resource is filled with information that explains precisely and comprehensibly how weather and climate are different yet also have an impact upon each other. Eye-catching diagrams and pictures help to illustrate the featured scientific concepts. Readers will come to understand how weather is formed, what affects the weather in different parts of the Earth, how climate and weather affect the way people live,...
20) Precipitation
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces precipitation to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.