$36.00
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2021
Summary
New Zealand’s Wild Weather: Tales of Survival and Science
A compelling and informative exploration into the extreme weather events that shape New Zealand. This book delves into cyclones, heat waves, snow, droughts, and more, combining gripping eyewitness accounts with accessible scientific explanations.
Discover the personal stories of those who have faced the full force of nature, from a dairy farmer lifted into the air by a cyclone to a fisheries inspector who survived a l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143775102 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143775103 |
| Author: | MetService |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 798g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 192mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
MetService
MetService is New Zealand’s designated National Meteorological Service by the World Meteorological Organisation and the only authorised provider of severe weather warnings for New Zealand.
As Head of Weather Communication for MetService, Lisa Murray, meteorologist and science communicator, shares her expertise in this book, alongside a number of the organisation’s expert meteorologists and communications specialist Andrea Tandy. James Renwick, one of New Zealand’s leading climate change commentators, provides his insights and knowledge to help bring this issue to the forefront of this book.
Natural history writer Gerard Hutching is author of the award-winning book The Natural World of New Zealand, and numerous other titles including Back from the Brink and In Search of Ancient New Zealand (with Hamish Campbell). For New Zealand’s Wild Weather he has woven meteorology with dramatic stories of people impacted by the country’s mercurial climate.
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