Del Norte Public Library

When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall, his son Sam, and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than anything anyone has ever encountered: Mother Nature.

Chase danger and wild storms with . . . CLIMATOLOGISTS! The climate of the Earth is changing . . . and scientists are fanning out around the globe to find out why. The crucial questions need to be answered, and the answers are in the field, in the storms, under the ice, and off in the clouds. Climate experts risk life and limb to bring in the facts that will help us change the world . . . for the better.

"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to climate scientists. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

"A history of weather forecasting and [a] portrait of the nineteenth-century pioneers who made it possible."--Provided by publisher.

When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begns to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall, his son Sam, and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than anything anyone has ever encountered: Mother Nature.