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      New Release​

      TREADING ON
      THIN AIR

      Atmospheric Physics, Forensic Meteorology, and Climate Change: How the Weather Shapes our Everyday Lives

      A book by Elizabeth Austin, PhD.

      Weather is an inescapable part of our daily lives, from the nuances of air travel to the breadth of human history. Our past, present, and future is intimately rooted is weather and climate.
      Treading On Thin Air, a book by Dr. Elizabeth Austin, forensic meteorologist and founder of WeatherExtreme Ltd., is part memoir and takes us on a journey on the world of weather and climate and how they directly impact our lives.

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      About The Book

      Weather is an inescapable part of our daily lives, from the nuances of air travel to the breadth of human history. Our past, present, and future is intimately rooted is weather and climate.
       
      Weather, water, and climate. How we feel, how productive we are, even our sheer existence, depends on these three things. The United States economic activity varies annually by 1.7% due to weather―that is more than $500 billion dollars each year! Weather applications on mobile devices are the second most popular ‘apps’ – more popular than social networking, maps, music,and news.

      In Treading on Thin Air, Dr. Elizabeth Austin, a world-renowned atmospheric physicist, reveals how the climate is intimately tied to our daily lives. The effects and impacts of weather on humans, society and the planet are changing with the times. Dr. Austin will demystify climate change, revealing what is really happening with our climate and why, whether it is El Nino, tornadoes, floods or hurricanes.

      Weather and society are at its most fascinating at extremes, and as Dr. Austin is one of a handful of forensic meteorologists around the globe. She has been called upon to investigate plane crashes, murders, wildfires, avalanches, even bombing cases. Drawing upon her rich experiences, Austin’s Treading on Thin Air promises to be an enlightening and informative journey through the wild word of weather.

      About the Author

      Dr. Elizabeth Austin is the founder and president of WeatherExtreme Ltd. and is recognized as one of America’s foremost experts on climate change and extreme weather conditions. An aviation and forensic meteorologist, cloud and ice physicist, Dr. Austin has worked with NASA, the United Nations, the U.S. Department of Justice, and has counseled on cases ranging from aviation and wildfires to avalanches and tornadoes. An active member of the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society, she resides in Lake Tahoe with her family.

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      What Readers Are Saying​

      I have been working with these guys for years now! WitBRILLIANT! Dr. Austin takes us on a journey around the world and covers so many topics in a fascinating and engaging way! From the implications of today’s weather and its changes, to aviation and how our atmosphere affects it, how meteorology plays into accidents and crime investigations, she covers it all. I am amazed, but not surprised, at her knowledge in so many scientific areas and her ability to cover them in ways that will be fascinating to anyone reading this book. I learned so very much from reading it and I know others will too. Her stories are a “Must Read” and I thoroughly enjoyed this book!
      Robert “Hoot” Gibson Navy Fighter Pilot and Space Shuttle Commander
      “If you have more than a passing interest in the weather, then ‘Treading on Thin Air’ by Dr. Elizabeth Austin will be a great read. Austin has the ability of taking highly complex concepts and putting them into terms that aren’t just understandable, but instead, brings the reader into her world of passion for the weather.”
      Eureka Times Standard


      “Treading on Thin Air, chronicles a love affair with science. It is an essential read for those who would be romanced by the mysteries of our planet’s atmosphere. It is populated with characters who don’t “do” science, but by those that must do science, because they have fallen under the spell of the mysteries that surround us.

      Elizabeth Austin is one of those people.

      The story of the Perlan Project’s quest to explore the atmosphere up to edge of space in a glider is a recurring part of this remarkable story.”
      Edward Warnock, CEOPerlan Project

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