How it Works Book of Extreme Weather Magazine Issue 2

Extreme weather and the science behind these force's of nature The weather and us - How humanity interacts with the weather Predicting the weather - An interview with British weatherman Michael Fish Surviving Extreme Earth - What does it take to survive our harsh climates Controlling the weather - Explore the science and technology behind controlling the weather Also inside... Deadly Weather - Surviving Extreme Earth - Cyclone vs anticyclone - Megafloods - Lightning - Heatwaves - Rise of the superstore - Firestorms - Monsoons - Avalanche - Extreme weather Powerful weather - Earth's extreme climates - How do jet streams work? - What cases rogue waves - The science of wind - Supercell thunderstorms - How insects survive floods - Where does acid rain come from? - Hailstones - The Earth's atmosphere Space Weather - Deadly solar storms - Amazing Martian weather - Weather on Jupiter - Solar storms - Space tornadoes - Comet storms - Inside the Large Magellanic Cloud - Wildest weather in space Science of weather - The carbon cycle - How the Arctic Ocean freezes - Mammatus clouds - How is dew formed? - What are Von Karman vortices - How do waterfalls freeze? - Why do we get a red sky at night? - What is the wind-chill factor? - The smell of rain - Cave weather - The ozone layer explained - Why are clouds white? - Rain shadows - How the seasons work - Double rainbows - Why is snow white? - What are lenticular clouds? - Aurora borealis - Nitrogen cycle - Influencing cloud formation - Snowflakes - Weather symbols Weather technology - Controlling the weather - Wind tunnels - Measuring wind speed - Sunblock - Predicting the weather - Michael Fish - Solar power - Power from the oceans - How flood barriers work - Ivanpah Solar Power Facility - Snow vehicles