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Ken Libbrecht's Field Guide to Snowflakes by Ken Libbrecht Publisher Comments This guide will not only explain the science behind these one-of-a-kind natural masterpieces, but showcases their delicate beauty through amazing microphotography of real snow crystals.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Extreme Ice Now: Vanishing Glaciers and Changing Climate: A Progress Report by James Balog Publisher Comments Using both time-lapse and conventional photography as well as digital video, the Extreme Ice Survey is the most extensive visual study ever conducted to illustrate the catastrophic melting of glacial ice. The result is a dramatic and timely demonstration... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Slipcase
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The Weather of the Pacific Northwest by Cliff Mass Publisher Comments University of Washington atmospheric scientist and popular radio commentator Cliff Mass unravels the intricacies of Northwest weather, from the mundane to the mystifying. Accessible descriptions and illustrations of complex phenomena explain how terrain... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds by Gavin Pretor-Pinney Publisher Comments A quirky, clever guide for everyone who loves to look up. Where do clouds come from? Why do they look the way they do? And why have they captured the imagination of timeless artists, Romantic poets, and every kid who's ever held a crayon? Journalist and... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere by Gabrielle Walker Staff Pick Fans of Dava Sobel and Simon Winchester: this book is for you. A fascinating brief history of the scientists and mathematicians who discovered the atmosphere that makes our planet habitable, Walker's intricate and engaging book quickly captures the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Hot Pink Flying Saucers and Other Clouds by Gavin Pretor Pinney Publisher Comments The author of "The Cloudspotter's Guide" presents a whimsical tribute to clouds and their many guises. Filled with color photographs of clouds that look like poodles, dragonflies, Salvador Dali, and the Grim Reaper, "Hot Pink Flying Saucers and Other... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Snow Crystals by W A Bentley Publisher Comments Over 2,000 photomicrographs of snowflakes, plus slides of frost, rime, glaze, dew and hail. Introduction by meteorologist W. J. Humphreys discusses techniques of photographing snow crystals, science of crystallography, classification and markings... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hunting Nature's Fury: A Storm Chaser's Obsession with Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and Other Natural Disasters by Roger Hill Synopsis Hill chronicles his love affair with storm chasing, taking readers on a suspenseful and dramatic ride across the Great Plains, into the Deep South, even into the eyes of such recent hurricanes as Katrina. Includes eight pages of photos taken by Hill... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Snowflake Man: A Biography of Wilson A. Bentley by Duncan C. Blanchard Publisher Comments The Snowflake Man is a biography of "Snowflake Bentley", the farmer from Jericho, Vermont, who pioneered the technique of photographing snowflakes and who then went on to take over 5000 photomicrographs of snowflakes, ice, dew, and frost. Although his... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Glaciers of California by Bill Guyton Publisher Comments A comprehensive study of glaciers in California.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance by Mariana Gosnell Publisher Comments Like the adventurer who circled an iceberg to see it on all sides, Mariana Gosnell, former Newsweek reporter and author of Zero Three Bravo, a book about flying a small plane around the United States, explores ice in all its complexity, grandeur, and... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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National Audubon Society Field Guide To Weather (91 Edition) by National Audubon Society Publications Publisher Comments Interest in our nation's weather patterns is rising -- as witnessed in the popularity of the Weather Channel -- and this guide is the most popular reference to every type of weather system, cloud formation, and atmospheric phenomenon common to North... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Tornado Hunter: Getting Inside the Most Violent Storms on Earth by Stefan Bechtel Publisher Comments Like the deadly tornadoes it documents, this potent combination of high adventure and hard science is terrifyingly timely in our era of global warming and climate change. The Weather Channel, now America's most watched programming, has in recent years... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Weather Wizard's Cloud Book: A Unique Way to Predict the Weather Accurately and Easily by Reading the Clouds by Louis D Rubin Publisher Comments To predict what the weather ahead will be, take these three easy steps: figure out which way the wind is blowing; look at the clouds; match what you see there with one of the full-color cloud photographs in The Weather Wizard's Cloud Book.... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Weather the Truth About the Health of Ou by Anthony Smith Publisher Comments Do humans really comprehend that they live on a planet? Do they know the fundamentals, like the nature of the Earth's orbit, the extent of its atmosphere, its degree of solar heating? Only with such awareness can El Niño, ocean currents, ozone... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Glaciers of North America: A Field Guide by Sue A Ferguson Publisher Comments Do "glacierettes" have more fun? Do real glaciers eat rocks? No one knows for sure, but you can discover these fascinating natural phenomena on your own with this intriguing, off-beat guide to glaciers. Written in lay language with a wry sense of humor... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Red River Rising : the Anatomy of a Flood and the Survival of an American City (04 Edition) by Ashley Shelby Publisher Comments On April 19, 1997, in one of the most dramatic floods in U.S. history, more than 50,000 people abandoned their homes and businesses in Grand Forks, North Dakota. A nation watched as the heart of downtown, engulfed by a river, burst into flames above the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Hardcover
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1001 Questions Answered about Hurricanes, Tornadoes and Other Natural Air Disast by Barbara Tufty Publisher Comments Highly readable, non-technical explanations of hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, snowstorms, thunder and lightning, fog, other phenomena. Bibliography. 92 illustrations.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Future of Ice: A Journey Into Cold by Gretel Ehrlich Publisher Comments This book is written out of Gretel Ehrlich’s love for winter—for remote and cold places, and the ways in which winter frees our imagination and invigorates our feet, mind, and soul—and out of the fear that our “democracy of... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Climate Change Economics and Policy: An Rff Anthology by Michael A Toman Publisher Comments In concise, informative chapters, "Climate Economics and Policy" considers the key issues involved in one of the most important policy debates of the time. Beginning with an overview and policy history, the book explores the potential impact of climate... (read more) List Price $42.25 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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