The Little Book of Weather (Little Books of Nature)

This perfect and informative little book is part of a series on eight fascinating subjects. These are the type of books that one can look through time and time again and still learn new facts and information. They are published by Princeton, which should give an imprimatur of some sort. All the volumes feature beautiful illustrations, photographs, tables and graphics which draw the reader into engaging with the subjects.

The author, Adam Scaife, is a professor at the University of Exeter. His work has helped to clarify what caused changes in the climate and the remote effects of El Niño, the stratosphere, solar variability and the global effects of year to year changes in tropical rainfall. His recent work has demonstrated long range predictability of fluctuations in the Earth’s rotation rate.

The author’s deep knowledge of this subject makes weather a lot more fascinating than just a way to make conversation. Intriguing subjects, for example, “Can Animals Predict the Weather”, engage the reader and make science come into immediacy.