The Resource Rain : a natural and cultural history, Cynthia Barnett
Rain : a natural and cultural history, Cynthia Barnett
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- Summary
- Cynthia Barnett's "Rain" begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science--the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains--with the human story of our ambition to control rain, from ancient rain dances to the 2,203 miles of levees that attempt to straitjacket the Mississippi River. As climate change upends rainfall patterns and unleashes increasingly severe storms and drought, Barnett shows rain to be a unifying force in a fractured world
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 355 pages
- Contents
-
- Origins
- Elemental rain. Cloudy with a chance of civilization ; Drought, deluge, and devilry ; Praying for rain
- Chance of rain. The weather watchers ; The articles of rain
- American rain. Founding forecaster ; Rain follows the plow ; The rainmakers
- Capturing the rain. Writers on the storm ; The scent of rain ; City rains
- Mercurial rain. Strange rain ; And the forecast calls for change
- Waiting for rain
- Isbn
- 9780804137096
- Label
- Rain : a natural and cultural history
- Title
- Rain
- Title remainder
- a natural and cultural history
- Statement of responsibility
- Cynthia Barnett
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Cynthia Barnett's "Rain" begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science--the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains--with the human story of our ambition to control rain, from ancient rain dances to the 2,203 miles of levees that attempt to straitjacket the Mississippi River. As climate change upends rainfall patterns and unleashes increasingly severe storms and drought, Barnett shows rain to be a unifying force in a fractured world
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- 10414167
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Barnett, Cynthia
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
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- Physical geography
- Rain and rainfall
- Rainfall anomalies
- Climatic changes
- Earth sciences
- Weather
- Droughts
- Rain
- Climate Change
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- a natural and cultural history
- Label
- Rain : a natural and cultural history, Cynthia Barnett
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-334) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
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- Contents
- Origins -- Elemental rain. Cloudy with a chance of civilization ; Drought, deluge, and devilry ; Praying for rain -- Chance of rain. The weather watchers ; The articles of rain -- American rain. Founding forecaster ; Rain follows the plow ; The rainmakers -- Capturing the rain. Writers on the storm ; The scent of rain ; City rains -- Mercurial rain. Strange rain ; And the forecast calls for change -- Waiting for rain
- Control code
- 000053669259
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 355 pages
- Isbn
- 9780804137096
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)890377468
- Label
- Rain : a natural and cultural history, Cynthia Barnett
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-334) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Origins -- Elemental rain. Cloudy with a chance of civilization ; Drought, deluge, and devilry ; Praying for rain -- Chance of rain. The weather watchers ; The articles of rain -- American rain. Founding forecaster ; Rain follows the plow ; The rainmakers -- Capturing the rain. Writers on the storm ; The scent of rain ; City rains -- Mercurial rain. Strange rain ; And the forecast calls for change -- Waiting for rain
- Control code
- 000053669259
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 355 pages
- Isbn
- 9780804137096
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)890377468
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