About the book: 2016 / The scorching heat of deserts and the freezing polar cold, perennial dryness and “opening abysses of heaven” - all this is the weather and climate of our planet, causing so much concern last time. What determines the vagaries of the weather? What should we expect from the climate of the future? How to create accurate weather forecasts? Is it possible to change weather conditions for the better? The author discusses these and many other exciting problems from the point of view of modern science, talking about the strangeness of climate change in the history of mankind. The book examines the paradoxes associated with the role of climate in the origin of life on our planet and its influence on the human body and even the energy sector of the future. The publication is addressed to everyone who is interested in issues of climate change in the atmosphere and hydrosphere of our planet.