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This bibliography on seasonal variation in health and diseases and the effects of weather and temperature on health covers the mid-19th century to the present. It features 5000 entries from over 1000 journals in Western languages. Most of this literature is not known to researchers. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Weather Almanac, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 12268 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The Weather Almanac presents hundreds of in-depth weather records for 108 major U.S. cities and a climatic overview of the country. You'll find explanations, safety rules and statistics for hurricanes, tornadoes and more. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Weather Almanac, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 8536 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The Weather Almanac presents hundreds of in-depth weather records for 108 major U.S. cities and a climatic overview of the country. You'll find explanations, safety rules and statistics for hurricanes, tornadoes and more. ... Read more

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The term El Nino (Spanish for "the Christ Child") was originally used by fishermen along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru to refer to a warm ocean current that typically appears around Christmastime and lasts for several months. Fish are less abundant during these warm intervals, yet in some years, however, the water is especially warm and the break in the fishing season persists into May or even June. El Nino also brings heavy rains. During the past 40 years, nine El Ninos have affected the South American coast. Most of them raised water temperatures not only along the coast, but also at the Galapagos islands and in a belt stretching 5000 miles across the equatorial Pacific. The weaker events raised sea temperatures only by one to two degrees Fahrenheit, but the strong ones, like the El Nino of 1982-83, left an imprint, not only upon the local weather and marine life, but also on climatic conditions around the globe. This book includes a detailed overview and bibliography with complete title, author and subject indexes. ... Read more