National Geographic Pocket Guide to the Weather of North America

National Geographic Pocket Guide to the Weather of North America
Author: Jack Williams
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2017
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1426217862

"This easy-to-use field guide provides the resources to understand the meteorological events that affect us every day. With illustrations and graphics for every topic, this is the go-to book for answers about weather reports and conditions on our increasingly turbulent planet"--

National Geographic Pocket Guide to the Birds of North America

National Geographic Pocket Guide to the Birds of North America
Author: Laura Erickson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2013
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1426210442

Presents information about 160 North American bird species, including facts about physical features, voice, habitat, food, and a map indicating the regions in which each species can be found.

National Audubon Society Field Guide to Weather

National Audubon Society Field Guide to Weather
Author: David Ludlum
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 660
Release: 1991-10-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0679408517

Incredibly comprehensive yet portable enough for your day pack, the definitive field guide to every type of weather system, cloud formation, and atmospheric phenomenon common to North America--from the go-to reference source for over 18 million nature lovers. The 378 dramatic photographs in National Audubon Society Field Guide to Weather capture cloud types, precipitation, storms, twisters, and optical phenomena such as the Northern Lights. Essays with accompanying maps and illustrations discuss the earth's atmosphere, weather systems, cloud formation, and development of tornadoes and many other weather events.

National Geographic Pocket Guide to Wildflowers of North America

National Geographic Pocket Guide to Wildflowers of North America
Author: Catherine H. Howell
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2014
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 142621281X

With this basic beginner's field guide to North American wildflowers, all who enjoy nature and the outdoors can identify common wildflowers, from backyard weeds to dainty forest blossoms. In a logical, user-friendly, highly visual format, this new title offers key facts about 160 of the most common wildflowers and weeds, coast to coast, including Canada and Alaska. To help with identification, each of the 160 entries has both a color photograph showing the plant in context and a color illustration showing the blossom close-up. This book is the perfect starting point for anyone, young or old, interested in learning how to identify wildflowers.

Reading Weather

Reading Weather
Author: Jim Woodmencey
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2012-09-04
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0762789468

Reading Weather provides a quick and simple way to understand how the atmosphere works, how to interpret and use weather forecasts before venturing outdoors, and also how to make your own forecast in the field by observing the changes in the weather. This fully updated and revised reference will arm you with the meteorological knowledge necessary to make good decisions on whether to proceed or retreat in the face of a storm. Also included are helpful definitions, tables, and simplified graphics of common weather features.

National Geographic Pocket Guide to Insects of North America

National Geographic Pocket Guide to Insects of North America
Author: Arthur V. Evans
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2016
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1426216475

An easy-to-use field guide for nature lovers, backyard explorers, and budding entomologists. Evans helps you discover popular insect species as well as spiders and relation creatures, as well as key facts and information about life cycles and behavior of every species.