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Introduction to Air in California (California Natural History Guides)
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by David Carle
Sales Rank: 706764
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List Price: $18.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 273 pages
Published by: University of California PressEdition: 1st Edition October 25, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0520247485
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0520247482
Book Dimensions:
7.2 x 4.5 x 0.8 inches
Weighs: 12 ounces
Product Description
What is air? Why is the sky blue? Why do people react favorably to mountain or sea air? How does desert air differ from the air of California's Central Valley? How is air pollution affecting plants and animals? This book is a unique guide to the air we breathe in California. More than a natural history guide, it approaches this fascinating topic by recognizing the overwhelming role played by humans in the story of California's air. In a highly engaging style, David Carle explains daily weather patterns, seasonal climate, characteristic winds, and sky phenomena. He explores air as the gases in our atmosphere, but also considers the aspects of air that influence all of our senses--its taste, smell, feel, and look. The guide discusses California's history of air quality management, air pollution and its effect on humans and the environment, and the technological and individual measures needed to address these challenges. The book also functions as a handbook for more environmentally conscious living by providing information on alternative energy sources for consumers and tips for cleaner running cars.
* Features eighty color photographs, 23 figures, 18 maps
* Covers regional differences of topography, weather, and the character of the air in California's fifteen designated air basins
* Includes a field guide to the sky, explaining color and light, clouds and wind, and the nature of flight
* Addresses issues surrounding global climate change in California
From the Inside Flap
"Before you take another breath, find out everything you need to know about what's in your air. David Carle has made California's most complicated environmental resource problem accessible and interesting."--Mary D. Nichols, Director, UCLA Institute of the Environment
Reader Reviews
These California Natural History Guides ("the definitve resource for exploring CA's spectacular landscapes and abundant flora and fauna")just get better and better with each passing year. Excellent authors, great color photos, all of the essentials. This fine introduction to the meteorology of CA is a good starting point for residents who have an interest in CA weather patterns and human impacts on CA's 15 air basins. After reading the section on air basins, it struck me that residents may want to start protecting their air basins in the same way environmental planners analyze and manage their drainage basin's watersheds. The impacts on both will surely increase over time as global warming intensifies. From page 165: "About 6 billion tons of carbon, one ton for every person on earth, are added to the atmoshpere evey year. Atmospheric carbon dioxide has been increasing by about .4 percent per year. Since the year 1800 the level has risen from about 270 parts per million to over 370 ppm. That number is almost certain to grow past 540 ppm, doubling the pre-industrial level sometime near the middle of the century. Already carbon dioxide concentrations aregreater than anything seen in the last 650,000 years." Californians have an obligation to become stewards of their local air basins which have a direct bearing on global climate impacts. Consider contacting your local air board, and get invloved with protecting the very air you breathe. The other over-riding challenge to improving air quality and slowing greenhouse gas emissions, as Carle states on page 206, is population stability. So, whether you're preparing for that storm or you simply want to frolick with a loved one under the blue skies, get your jacket on.
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