Skies of Fury: Weather Weirdness Around the World

Sweltering heat waves. Bone-chilling blizzards. Ferocious winds. Mighty peculiar weather we've been having, isn't it? Well, scientists predict that climate trends are only going to get stranger in the future. And in top science writers Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney take you around the world, bringing you face-to-face with the eye of the storm, explaining the full range of weird weather affecting us. Discover the reasons behind: And much, much more! Fully illustrated with photographs from key weather trackers, and packed with unusual factoids and records, reveals the extremes to which Mother Nature can go in both her unparalleled beauty and her wanton destructiveness.