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Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A powerful, intimate collection of conversations with Indigenous Americans on the climate crisis and the Earth's future. Although for a great many people, the human impact on the Earth—countless species becoming extinct, pandemics claiming millions of lives, and climate crisis causing worldwide social and environmental upheaval—was not apparent until recently, this is not the case for all people or cultures. For the Indigenous people of the world,...
223) Zombie, or not to be
Author
Series
Hazy fables volume 2
Publisher
Hazy Dell Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This brainy middle-grade adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet follows a young science-minded zombie named Edda as she deals with a series of death-altering problems including a climate crisis caused by the anti-science humans in Ignorway, the disappearance of her mom, and the greedy scheming of her villainous Aunt Agonista"--Provided by publisher.t
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Two powerful phenomena are simultaneously unfolding on Earth: the rise of the climate movement and the rise of women and girls. The People's Climate March and the Women's March. School strikes for climate and the #MeToo movement. Rebellions against extinction and declarations that time's up. More than concurrent, the two trends are deeply connected. From sinking islands to drought-ridden savannas, the global warming crisis places an outsized burden...
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Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In 2015, a group of 21 young people came together to sue the federal government for violating their constitutional rights by promoting the climate catastrophe that has already begun to deprive them of life, liberty and property without due process of law. The path breaking litigation, Juliana v United States, has had more success in the courts than many expected, but the federal government has repeatedly delayed the case from getting to trial. The...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Inviting us to meet wild species on our own terms in a range of ecosystems spanning the globe, this radical new kind of environmental journalism connects humans to nature in a more empathetic way than ever before and encourages us to defend the natural world before it’s too late.
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Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"How is climate change affecting Earth's ecosystems? What happens to animals and other organisms when the habitats around them start to change? This book addresses how climate change affects species on land and in the ocean, which species are most at risk of extinction, and why the speed at which changes are happening makes it difficult for organisms to adapt."--
Publisher
Stockade Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The "hockey stick" graph of global temperatures is the single most influential icon in the global-warming debate, promoted by the UN's transnational climate bureaucracy, featured in Al Gore's Oscar-winning movie, used by governments around the world to sell the Kyoto Accord to their citizens, and shown to impressionable schoolchildren from kindergarten to graduation. And yet what it purports to "prove" is disputed and denied by many of the world's...
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Publisher
Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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A founder of the Rise Up Climate Movement discusses ways we can all build a livable future, with a focus on the role of African voices, while revealing the rampant inequalities within the climate-justice movement.
234) Como evitar un desastre climatico: las soluciones que ya tenemos y los avances que aun necesitamos
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Publisher
Vintage Espanol, una division de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
The technologist, business leader, and philanthropist who founded Microsoft draws on the input of experts in physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance to create an accessible, concrete plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avoid certain environmental disaster.
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Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Join biologists on a five-month research expedition through the Arctic to retrace a historic expedition through the icy waters of the Northwest Passage. Along the way, students will see firsthand some of the alarming changes taking place in the Arctic - and how human activities may be transforming life in this fragile ecosystem and setting off an environmental time bomb.
236) Down came the rain
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Despite her father's disapproval, sixteen-year-old Eliza, displaced by Hurricane Harvey, throws herself into environmental activism at her new highschool, where she meets Javi, who shares her experience of climate-related trauma and helps her cope with the emotional impact of ecological disasters.
From Jennifer Mathieu, the acclaimed author of Moxie - now a Netflix film - and Bad Girls Never Say Die, comes a bold novel about two young activists who...
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Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"One of the Best Science Books of 2023, New Scientist This immersive portal to islands around the world highlights the impacts of sea level rise and shimmers with hopeful solutions to combat it. Atlases are being redrawn as islands are disappearing. What does an island see when the sea rises? Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean weaves together essays, maps, art, and poetry to show us—and make us see—island nations in a warming...
Author
Series
New policeman trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
In the late twenty-first century, dramatic climate change has made life in Ireland almost impossible, and soon Tir na n'Og is faced with a refugee problem, partly because of a warlord who is a member of the Liddy family.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Violet the bear has awoken early from her hibernation, but she doesn't know why. She's called on Shelby and Watts to solve the case before her son, Theodore, is roused from his hibernation, too. With Shelby's deductive skills and Watts's scientific know-how, they'll leave no stone unturned or question unanswered"--
Author
Publisher
Dundurn
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An incredible read.… While unflinching in her analysis, Soderstrom nevertheless gifts us with a message of hope and resilience. ― MAUDE BARLOW, activist and author of Still Hopeful: Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism. What can we learn about coping with rising sea levels from ancient times? The scenario we are facing is scary: within a few decades, sea levels around the world may well rise by a metre or more as glaciers and ice caps melt due...
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