What causes thunder and lightning? How do different clouds form? What makes a tornado twist? Kids will discover the answers to these questions and more in this colorful, photo-packed book.

What makes the weather change? What happens in the sky when storm clouds form? The Weather Experiments Book for Kids does more than just explain how weather events work--it lets kids see weather in action! Discover 25 fun experiments kids can create right at home, and explore fascinating weather like rain, clouds, tornadoes, and more!

An exploration of the four seasons, told through each season's distinct sounds.

"Discusses the forces that cause different weather conditions"--Provided by publisher.

Publisher Annotation: What is the first sign of spring? And what is the last glimpse of winter? The joy of the changing seasons means saying hello to new but familiar rituals, like spring picnics in the park or homemade lemonade in summer. But there's also the bittersweet feeling of doing something for the last time, like mowing the lawn one final time on a brown day in autumn, or watching the last of the geese fly south in the early weeks of winter....

Unter dem Titel "Die Phänologie, ein Grenzgebiet zwischen Biologie und Wissenschaft" erschien im Jahre 1875 ein Werk, das in heutiger Zeit besondere Anerkennung verdient. Der Herausgeber gab dem Werk den Titel "Beitrag zum Klimawandel - Phänologie". So wird dem ursprünglichen wissenschaftlichen Anspruch Rechnung getragen. Im 19. Jahrhundert erlebt die Phänologie große Beachtung und wird damit zu einer wesentlichen Grundlage der heutigen Wettervoraussage....

Concise introduction to the hows and whys of weather. Lightning, hurricanes, tornadoes, snowstorms.

La Ruta del Viento será conocida como la Huella Sustentable por medio de la cual se sellarán las venas abiertas de Latinoamérica, trascendiendo a todo y a todos, respetando límites, pero sin fronteras. Será el marco territorial del ejercicio diario del logro de igualdades, que sin distinguir a quienes alcance, sea un soplo a nueva vida, con sustentos y herramientas del siglo XXI dejando atrás al capitalismo liberal, al mercado como actor principal...

On January 10, 2005, people who lived in the small oceanfront town of La Conchita, California, were horrified to hear a loud rumble. Weakened by heavy rains, the mountain overlooking the town began to crumble. Thousands of tons of mud mowed over trees, houses, and people. When it stopped, a huge hill contained fifteen houses and up to twenty-one people. In the days that followed, rescue workers and townspeople worked together to save as many as possible....

Ohio can be a land of weather extremes. There are droughts followed by flood, arctic cold and soaring heat in one year, a Christmas warmed to 70 degrees and a Christmas white with thirty inches of snow. Ice jams on the Sandusky River and tornadoes across its southern counties, wind storms in Cleveland and floods in the Ohio River Valley inspire Ohioans to 'remember when.' Thomas and Jeanne Schmidlin, native Ohioans, have brought together data from...