Klima

Climate “Heatstroke”; monster storms and global warming? This exciting nature guide to our climate sweeps away all prejudices before it. In easily understandable terms, and illustrated with an abundance of impressive colour photographs and drawings, the book provides an introduction to climate theory and the changeable course of climate in the course of history. The probable future of our global climate as hotly debated in the media is here given a solid theoretical and scientific footing. From the contents: - Basic principles: from weather to climate, monitoring climate, the earth’s protective envelope, the earth as a climate machine, the sun as a climate machine, wind and water, climate change, climate and life, climate phenomena and extremes - History: a look back, climate and humans - Projections: climate politics, climate change, reacting to climate change, finding a way between back-pedalling and adapting