| Description |
328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index. |
| Contents |
What is a weather mystery? -- The mystery of the dead T. Rex -- The mystery of humanity's "near extinction" -- The mystery of the Saharan hippos -- The mystery of the vanishing harappans -- The mystery of the Exodus -- The mysteries of weather and climate in ancient Greece -- The mystery of Petra, the rose city -- The mystery of the disappearing sun -- The mystery of the Mayan megadrought -- The mystery of Columbus's missing hurricane -- The mystery of the Little Ice Age's lost sunspots -- The mystery of the complacent Empire's wet weather -- The mystery of the Pacific hot tub -- The mystery of Tibet's weather spies -- The mystery of the Great American Dust Bowl -- The mystery of the crashing airplane and the A-bomb -- The mystery of "eliminating the impossible" -- The mystery of the devil in the deep blue sea -- The mystery of climate, cocaine, and the storyteller -- The mystery of the future -- The seven solutions. |
| Subject |
Climatic extremes -- History.
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Climatic extremes. |
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History. |
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Climatology -- Miscellanea.
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Climatology. |
| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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| ISBN |
9781591027201 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1591027209 hardcover alkaline paper |
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