Autumn Weather (Seasonal weather)

by JohnMason (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1990

  $4.55

  How the weather changes from one season to the next has an important effect on most people's lives. This illustrated series of books describes and explains the type of weather associated with each season of the year. International in outlook, the books cover the important characteristics of weather in different parts of the world as well as general weather topics as appropriate to each season. Topical environmental issues which affect climate are discussed, and there is a series of practical experiments which children can do in relation to measuring or observing the weather. This book describes the type of weather associated with autumn, and why such weather occurs. Autumn is a season of very changeable weather. The book describes this transitional period between summer and winter when long, warm sunny days give way to colder, shorter ones. The book describes the formation of autumn mists, fog and frosts as well as the destructive storms that devastate many parts of the world at this time of the year. Despite this, autumn is also a season of immense beauty. The book describes how autumn weather affects the natural enviroment, particularly plants and crops. The author also shows the problems the weather causes to farmers in parts of the world when the weather is unpredictable. The books shows how autumn weather is forecasted, and discusses how the long-term climate of the earth may be changing.