TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dry, Sarah
TI  - Waters of the world: the story of the scientists who unraveled the mysteries of our oceans, atmosphere, and ice sheets and made the planet whole 
SN  - 9780226816845
AV  - GB 659.6 .D79 2019 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - HYDROLOGY
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. Hot Ice -- 3. See-Through Clouds -- 4. Number of the Monsoon -- 5. Hot Towers -- 6. Fast Water -- 7. Old Ice -- 8. Conclusion
N2  - From the glaciers of the Alps to the towering cumulonimbus clouds of the Caribbean and the unexpectedly chaotic flows of the North Atlantic, Waters of the World is a tour through 150 years of the history of a significant but underappreciated idea: that the Earth has a global climate system made up of interconnected parts, constantly changing on all scales of both time and space. A prerequisite for the discovery of global warming and climate change, this idea was forged by scientists studying water in its myriad forms
ER  -