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The tree rings' tale understanding our changing climate John Fleck - Albuquerque, NM University of New Mexico Press 2009 - xi, 91 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 27 cm. - Worlds of Wonder . - Barbara Guth worlds of wonder : science series for young readers . - .
Includes index.
John Wesley Powell : explorer and scientist. Sidebar: The Greenhouse effect ; Activity: The journal -- The forecast. Sidebar: Water vapor ; Activity: Observing the weather -- Maya Elrick : student of ancient climates. Sidebar: Solving scientific puzzles ; Activity : What is "the temperature"? -- A.E. Douglass : founder of tree ring science. Activity: Measuring the rain -- Chaco Canyon : climate, trees, and the end of a civilization. Sidebar: How climate changed the trees on Dutch John Mountain ; Activity: Measuring snow -- Henri Grissino-Mayer : reading stories in the tree rings. Sidebar: Stradivarius and climate ; Activity: Albedo -- El Nino. Activity: Graphing your data -- Connie Woodhouse : using trees to help think about the future. Sidebar: Soda straws -- If you want to know more about western climate.
Explores the many aspects of climate variability, including the history of climatology as a science, and its relation to tree ring science, forecasting, drought, weather and climate change.
9780826347572 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0826347576 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780826347572
2009001692
Dendroclimatology
Paleoclimatology
Climatic changes--History
Baume--Wachstum
Dendrochronologie.
Dendroklimatologie.
Climatic changes.
j551.6 Fle 25
The tree rings' tale understanding our changing climate John Fleck - Albuquerque, NM University of New Mexico Press 2009 - xi, 91 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 27 cm. - Worlds of Wonder . - Barbara Guth worlds of wonder : science series for young readers . - .
Includes index.
John Wesley Powell : explorer and scientist. Sidebar: The Greenhouse effect ; Activity: The journal -- The forecast. Sidebar: Water vapor ; Activity: Observing the weather -- Maya Elrick : student of ancient climates. Sidebar: Solving scientific puzzles ; Activity : What is "the temperature"? -- A.E. Douglass : founder of tree ring science. Activity: Measuring the rain -- Chaco Canyon : climate, trees, and the end of a civilization. Sidebar: How climate changed the trees on Dutch John Mountain ; Activity: Measuring snow -- Henri Grissino-Mayer : reading stories in the tree rings. Sidebar: Stradivarius and climate ; Activity: Albedo -- El Nino. Activity: Graphing your data -- Connie Woodhouse : using trees to help think about the future. Sidebar: Soda straws -- If you want to know more about western climate.
Explores the many aspects of climate variability, including the history of climatology as a science, and its relation to tree ring science, forecasting, drought, weather and climate change.
9780826347572 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0826347576 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780826347572
2009001692
Dendroclimatology
Paleoclimatology
Climatic changes--History
Baume--Wachstum
Dendrochronologie.
Dendroklimatologie.
Climatic changes.
j551.6 Fle 25