Floods Droughts and Climate Change Author:Michael Collier, Robert H. Webb We read about El Nino and La Nina, but how many of us really understand the big weather picture? This book shows that floods and droughts don't happen by accident but are the products of patterns of wind, temperature, and precipitation that produce meteorologic extremes. It introduces the mechanics of global weather, puts these processes into t... more »he longer-term framework of climate, and then explores the evolution of climatic patterns through time to show that floods and droughts are often related events driven by the same forces that shape the entire atmosphere.« less