Wild Power: Weather, Water & Soil Bookshelf - PB

Wild Power: Weather, Water & Soil Bookshelf Dust storms. Monsoons. The science behind Earth's biggest forces. See this as hardcover version. Erostion When the Dust Bowl hit, one man knew what to do. A dust storm swept across Washington D.C. just as Hugh Bennett talked to lawmakers. Could he convince them to save the nation's soil? Climate As a teenager, Wladimir Koppen wondered why some plants grew in one location and not another. He devoted his life to the study of weather and eventually started to understand climates. He drew the first climate maps, which we still use today. I Am the Thirsty Desert When a monsoon rain hits the desert, the plants come alive, bloom, and die within a week. The desperate race of life to take advantage of a rainstorm is one of the most dramatic and beautiful events in the desert.