Megalodons, Mermaids, and Climate Change - Answers to Your Ocean and Atmosphere Questions

With humor, easy-to-understand language, and fun illustrations, marine scientist Ellen Prager and meteorologist Dave Jones use frequently asked and zany questions about the ocean and atmosphere to combat misinformation and make science engaging and understandable for all.

List of contents

Note from the Authors
1. The Deep Vast Sea
2. Dangerous Marine Life
3. Jellyfish
4. Other Sea Creatures
5. Coral Reefs
6. Supernatural, Suspicious, or Science
7. Lightning
8. Hurricanes
9. Weather Forecasting and Extreme Events
10. Climate Change
11. The Sun
12. Information Mixology
13. Show Us the Data
14. Questions Anyone? Anyone?
Acknowledgments
Sources and Additional Information
Index

About the author

Ellen Prager is a marine scientist, author, and the chief scientist for StormCenter Communications. She also works as a freelance writer and consultant. Her numerous books include Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans’ Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter (2011) and Chasing Science at Sea: Racing Hurricanes, Stalking Sharks, and Living Undersea with Ocean Experts (2008).

Dave Jones is a meteorologist and thirty-five-year veteran of the weather industry. He is the founder of StormCenter Communications and worked as an on-air meteorologist in Washington, DC, and for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Prager and Jones are frequently requested public speakers and appear on television as experts. They are partners for work and in life.

Summary

With humor, easy-to-understand language, and fun illustrations, marine scientist Ellen Prager and meteorologist Dave Jones use frequently asked and zany questions about the ocean and atmosphere to combat misinformation and make science engaging and understandable for all.

Product details

• Authors: Dave Jones, Ellen Prager, Ellen Jones Prager, Ellen/ Jones Prager, Prager Ellen
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 100
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.10.2024
• EAN: 9780231212489
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21248-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, popular science, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography, NATURE / Weather, Wildlife (Children's / Teenage), Weather, Weather and climate: general interest, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ecosystems, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Oceanography (seas), Natural history (Children's/Teenage)