The Dance of Air and Sea: How Oceans, Weather, and Life Link Together

by Arnold H. Taylor

Book Overview

How can tiny plankton in the sea just off Western Europe be affected by changes in the Gulf Stream four thousand miles away, on the other side of the North Atlantic Ocean? How can a slight rise in the temperature of the surface of the Pacific Ocean have a devastating impact on amphibian life in Costa Rica? How can the temperature of the equatorial Pacific Ocean help predict the yields of maize far away in Zimbabwe?
In The Dance of Air and Sea,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199565597
• ISBN13: 9780199565597
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"