HSPLS site
Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
My Account
Databases
HI Newspaper
eBooks/Audiobooks
Learning
PC Reservation
Reading Program
Basic
Advanced
Power
History
Search:
Title Browse
Author Browse
Subject Browse
Best Seller Browse
Music Title Browse
Video/DVD Title Browse
Journal/Newspaper Title Browse
Serial Title Browse
Series Browse (includes Bestseller List)
General Keyword
Title Keyword
Author Keyword
Subject Keyword
Name Keyword
Series Keyword
Score Title Browse
Talking Book Title Browse
Awards Note Browse
Bib No.
Barcode
Refine Search
> You're searching:
HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
Item Information
Holdings
Summary
More Content
More by this author
Dewdney, Christopher, 1951- author.
Subjects
Atmosphere -- Popular works.
Meteorology -- Popular works.
Weather -- Popular works.
Weather forecasting -- Popular works.
Climatology -- Popular works.
Climatic changes -- Popular works.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Dewdney, Christopher, 1951- author.
by title:
18 miles : the epic ...
MARC Display
18 miles : the epic drama of our atmosphere and its weather / Christopher Dewdney.
by
Dewdney, Christopher, 1951- author.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW, [2018]
Subjects
Atmosphere -- Popular works.
Meteorology -- Popular works.
Weather -- Popular works.
Weather forecasting -- Popular works.
Climatology -- Popular works.
Climatic changes -- Popular works.
ISBN:
9781770413467 (paperback) :
1770413464 (paperback) :
Description:
263 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Requests:
0
Summary:
"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."-- Page [4] of cover.
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Status
Hawaii State Library
Business, Science & Technology
551.5 De
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Hilo Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
551.5 Dewdney
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Kahuku P/S Library
Adult Nonfiction
551.5 De
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Kaimuki Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
551.5 De
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Kapolei Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
551.5 De
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Molokai Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
551.5 De
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.0
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.