Hazy Skies: Weather and the Environment

by Jonathan D. W. Kahl

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Winner of a 1999 "Best Children's Books of the Year" Award from Bank Street College of Education
Winner of the 1998 Juvenile Non-fiction Book Award sponsored by the Council for Wisconsin Writers
Winner of a 1998 "Best Books for Children" award from Science Books and Films

INTRODUCTION

NOT A NEW PROBLEM

POLLUTED SKIES

NEGATIVE EFFECTS

THE ROLE OF WEATHER

OZONE DESTRUCTION

A WARMING TREND

THE NEXT STEP?

GLOSSARY

INDEX

People love skywatching. Billowing clouds, colorful sunsets, towering thunderstorms, and other weather events are spectacular to see. But not everything in the sky is pleasant - especially not air pollution.

Air pollution and the weather go hand in hand. Winds carry pollution great distances. Rain can gring pollution back to Earth. Sunlight can change pollution from one form into another. Pollution can even change the weather!

Hazy Skies examines the connection between weather and air pollution. It explains smog, haze, acid rain, the ozone hole, and other pollution problems. It tells how people are trying to fight air pollution - and how you can do your part.

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