And Now for the Weather

Monsoon rains, El Nino events, climate-changing volcanic eruptions.Journalist Pauline Clayton looks at the facts, fads, long-range forecasters and freak events that characterise the world’s weather and its link to our climate. Someone once said that climate it what you expect, and weather is what you get, and it is undeniable that the public interest in meterology is at an all time high. Dr Geoff Love, who writes the foreword, notes that due to a run of severe weather events such as droughts, bushfires and cyclones, a rising public interest in climate change and the readily accessible stream of live weather information, has significantly raised the profile of the weather report. As Pauline notes, the weather is the one defining factor in our lives: it shapes our location, our health and our ultimate survival. Understanding its power is crucial.