* A rich, informative & entertaining compendium of weather facts, weather stories & weather-related fun & trivia! * The perfect beach-side companion
- or if it`s raining outside
- the sofa! * From the author of Whatever Happened To Tanganyika? Weather. There`s no escaping it. Good, bad, glorious or indifferent, it`s always there, looking down on us. When two Englishmen meet it`s the first thing they discuss. When two Americans meet the first thing they discuss is how bad the English weather is. & when two Hawaiians meet they are usually too busy sunbathing to talk about the weather. In these days of climate change & concerns over the long-term effects of pollution, we can rapidly see how global weather systems are changing for the worse not only for human beings, but for every creature & micro-organism under the sun. We are all affected by weather. Campbell`s Weather Compendium is the perfect companion to learning about the weather, no matter where you live or whether it is raining or sunny outside, an enlightening & entertaining miscellany of our planet`s most complex, diverse & powerful system
- without which life simply would not exist.