- Publisher: Scribe
- Year: 2019
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 342pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 241x160mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.6kg
- ISBN: 9781911617334
- Product code: 516491
Waters of the World
The Story of the Scientists Who Unravelled the Mysteries of Our Seas, Glaciers, and Atmosphere
Sarah Dry New Hardback Illustrated
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Sarah Dry traces the pioneering work that has unravelled the mysteries of our seas, glaciers and atmosphere and shaped our understanding of our planet. She begins with John Tyndall (1820–1893), whose work on water, and particularly the absorption of heat by water vapour and carbon dioxide, is now regarded as a cornerstone of the new, multi-faceted discipline of climate science, before looking at the contributions of scientists including Charles Piazzi Smyth, Gilbert Walker and Willi Dansgaard.
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A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR NATURE, THE CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS, AND BOOKLIST.
How did we come to have a global climate? What role do the complex interactions of ice, ocean, and atmosphere play in sustaining life on Planet Earth? And who are the scientists who figured all these intricate processes out?
Waters of the World is a tour through 150 years of the history of a significant but underappreciated idea: that the Earth has a global climate system made up of interconnected parts, constantly changing on all scales of both time and space. A prerequisite for the discovery of global warming and climate change, this idea was forged by scientists studying water in its myriad forms. This is their story.
Linking the history of the planet with the lives of those who studied it, Sarah Dry follows the remarkable scientists who ascended volcanic peaks to peer through an atmosphere's worth of water vapour, cored mile-thick ice sheets to uncover the Earth's ancient climate history, and flew inside storm clouds to understand how small changes in energy can produce both massive storms and the general circulation of the Earth's atmosphere. Each toiled on his or her own corner of the planetary puzzle. Gradually, their cumulative discoveries coalesced into a unified working theory of our planet's climate.
We now call this field climate science, and in recent years it has provoked great passions, anxieties, and warnings. But no less than the object of its study, the science of water and climate is - and always has been - evolving. By revealing the complexity of this history, Waters of the World delivers a better understanding of our planet's climate at a time when we need it the most.
How did we come to have a global climate? What role do the complex interactions of ice, ocean, and atmosphere play in sustaining life on Planet Earth? And who are the scientists who figured all these intricate processes out?
Waters of the World is a tour through 150 years of the history of a significant but underappreciated idea: that the Earth has a global climate system made up of interconnected parts, constantly changing on all scales of both time and space. A prerequisite for the discovery of global warming and climate change, this idea was forged by scientists studying water in its myriad forms. This is their story.
Linking the history of the planet with the lives of those who studied it, Sarah Dry follows the remarkable scientists who ascended volcanic peaks to peer through an atmosphere's worth of water vapour, cored mile-thick ice sheets to uncover the Earth's ancient climate history, and flew inside storm clouds to understand how small changes in energy can produce both massive storms and the general circulation of the Earth's atmosphere. Each toiled on his or her own corner of the planetary puzzle. Gradually, their cumulative discoveries coalesced into a unified working theory of our planet's climate.
We now call this field climate science, and in recent years it has provoked great passions, anxieties, and warnings. But no less than the object of its study, the science of water and climate is - and always has been - evolving. By revealing the complexity of this history, Waters of the World delivers a better understanding of our planet's climate at a time when we need it the most.
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<p>Sarah Dry traces the pioneering work that has unravelled the mysteries of our seas, glaciers and atmosphere and shaped our understanding of our planet. She begins with John Tyndall (1820–1893), whose work on water, and particularly the absorption of heat by water vapour and carbon dioxide, is now regarded as a cornerstone of the new, multi-faceted discipline of climate science, before looking at the contributions of scientists including Charles Piazzi Smyth, Gilbert Walker and Willi Dansgaard.</p>
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