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

Could ancient giant sharks called megalodons still exist in the deep sea? What should you do if stung by a jellyfish? Can we predict lightning strikes and how is climate change affecting hurricanes?

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. From dangerous marine life, coral reefs, and the deep sea to lightning, hurricanes, weather forecasting, the Sun, and climate change, they reveal what's fact, what's fiction, and how to find science-based answers. This book is perfect for anyone curious about the world around them, educators, science communicators, and even scientists who want to learn about and explain topics outside their expertise.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dave Jones, Ellen Prager, Ellen Jones Prager, Ellen/ Jones Prager, Prager Ellen
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 12 a 100 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 11.10.2024
• EAN: 9780231212496
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21249-6
• Pagine: 248
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Scienze naturali, tecnica; Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geologia; 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)