Weather For Dummies, 2nd Edition, John D. Cox
Weather For Dummies, 2nd Edition, John D. Cox
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Weather For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Author: John D. Cox

Narrator: Jonathan Yen

Unabridged: 14 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/30/2021

Categories: Nonfiction, Nature, Weather


Synopsis

Look up! When you look to the sky, do you wonder why the Sun is so bright or why the clouds are white or why the sky is blue? Then, Weather For Dummies is your resource to fuel your curiosity about the weather. It takes you on an exciting journey through the Earth's atmosphere and the ways it behaves. You'll get an overview of rain, Sun, clouds, storms, and other phenomena.

The scientific words and phrases are explained in detail (what is barometric pressure?), your curious questions are answered (why do we have seasons?), and the roots of weather myths, proverbs, and sayings are revealed ("early thunder, early spring").

● Discover how weather forecasts are made, and what constitutes a weather emergency

● Find out what causes change in weather, such as how air pressure drives winds

● Learn how climate change is affecting today’s weather

● Discover how light plays tricks on our eyes to create effects like rainbows, sun dogs, and halos

Perfect for any weather amateur, you can have your head in the clouds while your feet are on the ground. Next time you're outside, take Weather For Dummies and discover something new about the environment you live in.

About John D. Cox

John D. Cox is a professional science writer. He studied biological and physical sciences at Harvard and MIT as a fellow of the Knight Science Journalism Fellowship Program at MIT.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Maxfield on March 06, 2025

Not bad, uplifting in places.......more

Goodreads review by Johannes on November 11, 2022

I got this book, because my young daughter is asking me a lot of questions. Many of those are about weather phenomena like fog, clouds, the sun, the colour of clouds near the sun, etc etc. This book was exactly what I was looking for and it fulfils this prose admirably. It explained the science with......more

Goodreads review by Sanjay on October 22, 2021

I picked up this book to read after Bill Gates highly recommended this book for both as a primer and reference book on weather and climate-related events and phenomena (in his latest book on Climate Change that I finished a few days ago). The book explains various weather and climate related phenome......more