New Zealand's Wild Weather

Author: Lisa Murray (Meteorologist)
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780143775102
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
The drama of New Zealand's changeable weather. Are the events we are seeing due to our changing climate? A compelling, informative and highly illustrated series of investigations into the different types of weather events that occur in New Zealand. It covers the likes of cyclones, heat waves, snow and drought, recounting gripping eye witness accounts and explaining just what's going on behind them all. Popular natural history writer Gerard Hutching has found a range of people affected by diverse weather events over the decades and tells their stories, bringing these events to life - from a dairy farmer and his quad bike being lifted 5 metres into the air by a cyclone then dropped 100 metres away, to the fisheries inspector who survives a lightning strike. The science behind these extreme weather events is explained in simple accessible terms by the scientists from MetService. And behind it all lies the big question - are these events a result of climate change? Well-known climatologist Professor James Renwick sets the scene of our changing climate and how that interacts with the wild weather that we experience here in Aotearoa. Contents- Weather in a Changing Climate; Understanding the Weather; The Ocean and the Weather; Tropical Cyclones; Rain; Wind; Snow; Drought; Heatwaves; Storm Surge; Thunder and Lightning; Hail; Tornadoes; Fog; Frost.

Wild Weather

Author: Jack Gabolinscy
Publisher: Flying Start Books
ISBN: 1776548159
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20

Book Description
There are many kinds of weather: sunny, cold, hot and rainy. What else? Sometimes we are told that there is stormy weather coming. What are some kinds of storms? Where does wild weather happen? Why are storms so scary and dangerous? What do people and animals do in wild weather?

Australia's Wild Weather

Author: Mark Tredinnick
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 0642277230
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
"Weather is the oldest story in the world-one we want to keep on telling each other when we meet, as though it were part of who we are, a story that wants to keep on telling itself, and affecting us, whether we like it or not. We breathe it in; we see embodied in it our fears and desires; it falls on our heads. And we'd better take care of it: our lives are in its hands." Marrying photographs from the collection of the National Library of Australia with an evocative and contemplative essay by poet Mark Tredinnick, Australia's Wild Weather is a lyric field guide to Australia's climate. Tredinnick considers what it means to be living at time when weather is no longer small talk; it is most of the news. Beautifully written, the author contemplates what weather means to us and how it affects our daily lives.

New Zealand

Author: Lyn Larson
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 0761372148
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Pack your bags! We're headed to New Zealand. On this whirlwind tour, you'll learn all about the country's landscape, culture, people, and more. We'll explore New Zealand's active volcanoes and narrow fjords, see the kiwi and kakapo birds, watch a rugby game, and taste a special feast called the hangi. A special section introduces New Zealand's capital, language, population, and flag. Hop on board and take a fun-filled look at your world!

Extreme Weather

Author: Christopher C Burt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393330151
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
Explores some of the United States most severe or unusual weather systems, including electrified dust storms, pink snowstorms, luminous tornadoes, ball lightning, and falls of fish and toads.

New Zealand's Worst Disasters

Author: Graham Hutchins
Publisher: Exisle Publishing
ISBN: 1775592499
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381

Book Description
A full train plunges into a raging river at Tangiwai; the Wahine is tossed onto rocks at the entrance to Wellington Harbour; an Air New Zealand DC-10 plunges into Mt Erebus; an earthquake destroys Christchurch … disasters like these are known to all New Zealanders: they are part of our history. But New Zealand has experienced many less well-known disasters, some of them shocking and brutal. Graham Hutchins and Russell Young describe some of the most extraordinary events in New Zealand history. Who knew that a fire killed 39 people at Seacliff Mental Hospital in 1942? That 10 people died in a lahar on White Island in 1914? That a yacht race between Lyttelton and Wellington in 1951 resulted in 10 fatalities? That a tornado ripped through 150 houses in Hamilton in 1948? A fire raging through Raetihi in 1918 was so fierce it destroyed houses, shops and 11 timber mills. Drownings were so common here in the 19th century that they were called ‘the New Zealand death’. These and many other remarkable stories are told in this eye-opening book. While it describes accidents and tragedies, it also reveals acts of heroism. For when human beings make mistakes, others often achieve daring feats of rescue. Some of the stories show that we underestimate Mother Nature at our peril, but many also testify to the courage of the human spirit. Few books are genuine page-turners; this one is.

New Zealand 2008

Author: Josh McIlvain
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN: 140001798X
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 610

Book Description
Where to stay and eat for all budgets -- Must-see sights and local secrets -- Ratings you can trust.

New Zealand

Author: William Pember Reeves
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
This guide to New Zealand was written in 1908 by a New Zealand poet and politician, William Pember Reeves. Reeves gave not just a historical account of the country but also his impressions of each region, complete with color illustrations. Reeves' love of his country is apparent, as marked by his statement on how New Zealand differs from Great Britain: "The skies are bluer and higher, the air clearer, and the sun much hotter than in the British Isles."

Wild Weather: Read It Yourself - Level 3 Confident Reader

Author: Ladybird
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0241565200
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49

Book Description
What is the weather like where you live? In Antarctica it is very cold, but Death Valley is very hot. Read all about monsoons, tornadoes and hurricanes in different places around the world with wild weather. Wild Weather is from Confident Reader Level 3 and is perfect for more confident readers aged from 6+ who can read simple stories with help. Each book has been carefully checked by educational and subject consultants and includes comprehension puzzles, book band information, and tips for helping children with their reading. With five levels to take children from first phonics to fluent reading and a wide range of different stories and topics for every interest, Read It Yourself helps children build their confidence and begin reading for pleasure.

Curating the Future

Author: Jennifer Newell
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317217969
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 355

Book Description
Curating the Future: Museums, Communities and Climate Change explores the way museums tackle the broad global issue of climate change. It explores the power of real objects and collections to stir hearts and minds, to engage communities affected by change. Museums work through exhibitions, events, and specific collection projects to reach different communities in different ways. The book emphasises the moral responsibilities of museums to address climate change, not just by communicating science but also by enabling people already affected by changes to find their own ways of living with global warming. There are museums of natural history, of art and of social history. The focus of this book is the museum communities, like those in the Pacific, who have to find new ways to express their culture in a new place. The book considers how collections in museums might help future generations stay in touch with their culture, even where they have left their place. It asks what should the people of the present be collecting for museums in a climate-changed future? The book is rich with practical museum experience and detailed projects, as well as critical and philosophical analyses about where a museum can intervene to speak to this great conundrum of our times. Curating the Future is essential reading for all those working in museums and grappling with how to talk about climate change. It also has academic applications in courses of museology and museum studies, cultural studies, heritage studies, digital humanities, design, anthropology, and environmental humanities.