LEADER 03789cam 2200541 i 4500001 on1089843670 003 OCoLC 005 20191220144803.6 008 190415t20192019iluabc b 001 0deng c 010 2019017191 020 9780226507705 |qhardcover ; |qalkaline paper 020 022650770X |qhardcover ; |qalkaline paper 020 |z9780226670041 |qelectronic book 024 8 40029538643 035 (Sirsi) 40029611328 035 40029611328 035 (OCoLC)1089843670 040 ICU/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dOCLCQ |dOCL |dYAM |dCMI |dCBY |dYDX |dYUS |dLIV |dOCLCA |dOCLCO |dVP@ |dCGU |dORZ |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 050 00 GB659.6 |b.D79 2019 082 00 551.4809 |223 100 1 Dry, Sarah, |d1974- |eauthor. |=^A985012 245 10 Waters of the world : |bthe story of the scientists who unraveled the mysteries of our oceans, atmosphere, and ice sheets and made the planet whole / |cSarah Dry. 264 1 Chicago ;London : |bThe University of Chicago Press, |c2019. 264 4 |c©2019 300 332 pages : |billustrations, maps, portraits ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-317) and index. 505 0 Introduction -- Hot ice -- See-through clouds -- Number of the monsoon -- Hot towers -- Fast water -- Old ice -- Conclusion. 520 From 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. 563 Binding: Includes original dust-jacket. |5ICU 650 0 Hydrology |xHistory. |=^A5003 650 0 Hydrologists |vBiography. |=^A915691 650 0 Climatology |xHistory. |=^A3536 650 0 Climatologists |vBiography. |=^A868148 650 0 Climatic changes. |=^A3535 650 7 Hydrologists. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00965146 650 7 Hydrology. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00965147 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 949 |i30372017377919 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s30.00 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 5224052