"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early readers to the work climate scientists do and the preparation necessary for a career in the field. Includes infographics, an activity, glossary, and index"--

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

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.

Discusses the extreme responsibilities of climatologists and meteorologists, from hurricane chasing to camping in Antarctica.

Presents profiles of more than one hundred scientists in the field of meteorology and climatology, from ancient times to the present day.

A biography of climate scientist Inez Fung, who studies the effects and researches the causes of global warming.

A history of weather forecasting and an animated portrait of the nineteenth-century pioneers who made it possible. -- Presents the contributions to the modern science of meteorology made by Luke Howard, the first to classify clouds; Sir Francis Beaufort, who quantified the winds; James Glaisher, who explored the upper atmosphere in a hot-air balloon; Samuel Morse, whose electric telegraph gave scientists the means by which to transmit weather warnings;...

"Describes the life and work of Warren M. Washington, a climate scientist whose work with computer models has advanced research in Earth's weather and climate"--

Highlights the work of leading scientists who dispute the commonly accepted alarmist view of global warming, in spite of threats to their careers.