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050		4	_aGB659.6 _b.D79 2021
082	0	4	_a551.4809 _qOCoLC _223/eng/20231120
100	1		_aDry, Sarah, _d1974- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWaters of the World : _bthe Story of the Scientists Who Unraveled the Mysteries of Our Oceans, Atmosphere, and Ice Sheets and Made the Planet Whole.
250			_aPaperback edition.
264		1	_aChicago ; _aLondon : _bThe University of Chicago Press, _c2021.
264		4	_c2019
300			_a332 pages : _billustrations, maps, portraits ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 291-317) and index.
505	0	0	_gIntroduction -- _tHot ice -- _tSee-through clouds -- _tNumber of the monsoon -- _tHot towers -- _tFast water -- _tOld ice -- _gConclusion.
520			_aFrom the glaciers of the Alps to the towering cumulonimbus clouds of the Caribbean and the unexpectedly chaotic flows of the North Atlantic, 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 summited volcanic peaks to peer through an atmosphere's worth of water vapor, 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.
650		0	_aHydrology _xHistory.
650		0	_aHydrologists _vBiography.
650		0	_aClimatology _xHistory.
650		0	_aClimatologists _vBiography.
650		0	_aClimatic changes.
650		6	_aHydrologie _xHistoire.
650		6	_aHydrologistes _vBiographies.
650		6	_aClimatologues _vBiographies.
650		6	_aClimat _xChangements.
650		7	_aclimate change. _2aat
650		7	_aClimatology _2fast
650		7	_aClimatologists _2fast
650		7	_aClimatic changes _2fast
650		7	_aHydrologists _2fast
650		7	_aHydrology _2fast
650		7	_aHydrology _xHistory _2nli
650		7	_aHydrologists _vBiography _2nli
650		7	_aClimatology _xHistory _2nli
650		7	_aClimatologists _vBiography. _2nli
650		7	_aClimatic changes _2nli
650		7	_0(FrPBN)11951424 _aHydrologie _0(FrPBN)11934444 _xHistoire. _2ram
650		7	_0(FrPBN)11931215 _aClimatologie _0(FrPBN)11934444 _xHistoire. _2ram
650		7	_0(FrPBN)12384258 _aHydrologues. _2ram
655		7	_acollective biographies. _2aat
655		7	_aInformational works _2fast
655		7	_aBiographies _2fast
655		7	_aHistory _2fast
655		7	_aInformational works. _2lcgft
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft
655		7	_aDocuments d'information. _2rvmgf
655		7	_aBiographies. _2rvmgf
942			_cBOOK _2lcc
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