{"product_id":"what-lies-above-9798256176273","title":"What Lies Above","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John S. Pritchett\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: John S. Pritchett\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: John S. Pritchett\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Earth Sciences - Meteorology \u0026amp; Climatology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sky appears open, limitless, and distant. In reality, humanity lives inside a thin, finite layer of air that makes every breath, storm, flight, and season possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Lies Above: Life Inside the Atmosphere\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the unseen system that surrounds the planet and shapes nearly every aspect of life at the surface. The atmosphere regulates temperature, carries water, distributes energy, shields life from radiation, and absorbs the byproducts of modern civilization. Its stability has been so reliable that it is often mistaken for permanence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn S. Pritchett examines how that assumption formed-and why it has become increasingly difficult to sustain. He explores the difference between weather and climate, the illusion that dispersion means disappearance, the accumulation of invisible changes, the governance of a sky no one can own, and the growing use of the atmosphere as a corridor for transportation, communication, and commerce.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also asks why seeing more has not always led to understanding more. Satellites, sensors, forecasts, and models have made the atmosphere more visible than ever, yet responsibility remains divided and consequences continue to unfold slowly, unevenly, and across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccessible, reflective, and grounded in atmospheric science, \u003cem\u003eWhat Lies Above\u003c\/em\u003e is not a prediction of collapse. It is an examination of limits, trust, and life inside a system with memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe atmosphere is not empty space above us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the shared condition we live within-and it is keeping a record of everything we add to it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John S. Pritchett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48214760128663,"sku":"9798256176273","price":1064.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798256176273.webp?v=1788730922","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/what-lies-above-9798256176273","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}