This book explores how weather works and its effect at a local and global level, revealing the importance of climate in determining landscape, flora and fauna, and the overall quality of our lives. Using dramatic aerial and satellite photography and colorful diagrams, this book covers a spectrum of natural phenomena: extreme weather such as tornadoes and hurricanes; natural events that affect the weather; forecasting and predicting weather; how weather affects life on Earth; and climate change.--From publisher description.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Weather engine -- Weather in action -- Extreme weather -- Watching the weather -- Global climate -- Changing climate -- Factfile -- Glossary -- Index.