Includes bibliographical references and index.

Energy is everywhere -- What is energy? : some preliminary physics -- Energy and its ultimate fate -- Solar energy and the upper atmosphere -- Energy in the lower atmosphere : the weather near the ground -- The sun, the wind, and the sea -- The energy of ocean waves -- The energy of the tides -- How surface energy shapes the land -- Chemical energy -- Energy enters the biosphere -- Further travels of energy in the biosphere -- The warmth of the earth : nuclear reactions sustain all life -- The earth's internal energy -- How the earth sheds its warmth -- Electromagnetic energy -- Wave energy : sound waves and seismic waves -- Wave energy : electromagnetic waves -- How energy is used.

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