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81) Global warming
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Examines how climate change affects individuals and society, investigates how people are working to respond and adapt to climate change, and analyzes the controversies and conflicting viewpoints surrounding the issue.
Author
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Very few people have spent as much time as William E. Glassley in such deep wilderness. So it would behoove us to pay attention even if he had not brought back such a fascinating, lovely, and useful set of observations. This is a remarkable book." Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Oil and Honey "Glassley exhibits an uncanny ability to put us in the midst of Greenland's vast silence, where he takes us deep into the planet's soul. It is...
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Describes numerous aspects of weather, including the atmosphere, weather systems, winds, clouds, precipitation, extreme weather such as blizzards, tornadoes, and hurricanes, weather lore, meteorology, global climate, and climate change, and contains hundreds of color photos and diagrams.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"In this exhilarating look at cities, past and future, Ben Wilson proposes that, in our world of rising seas and threatening weather, the natural world may prove the city's savior. Since the beginning of civilization, humans have built cities to wall nature out, then glorified it in beloved but quite artificial parks. In Urban Jungle Ben Wilson—the author of Metropolis, a seven-thousand-year history of cities that the Wall Street Journal called...
Author
Publisher
Rocky Mountain Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
United Nations water expert Robert William Sandford takes the reader on a thought-provoking tour of a world where water, weather, cities, landscapes, economies, even entire cultures, are dramatically impacted by a changing climate. Human beings and industrial-based society are changing the composition of our planet's atmosphere and causing it to warm at an unnatural and oftentimes astonishingly rapid rate. Much of that warmth is being absorbed by...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Right now, scientists are working on ways to minimize the catastrophic impact of global warming. But they're not designing hybrids or fuel cells or wind turbines. They're trying to lower the temperature of the entire planet--with huge contraptions that suck CO2 from the air, machines that brighten clouds and deflect sunlight, even artificial volcanoes that spray heat-reflecting particles into the atmosphere. This is the radical and controversial world...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In 26 connected essays, Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter Elizabeth Kolbert takes us on an illustrated journey through the landscape of climate change and the stories we tell ourselves about the future"--
"In twenty-six essays—one for each letter of the alphabet—the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction takes us on a hauntingly illustrated journey through the history of climate change and the uncertainties of our future. Climate...
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Language
English
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"An unforgettable, inventive, and riveting epic saga, After the flood signals the arrival of a game-changing and necessary new voice in fiction"--
A little more than a century from now, our world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly overtaking the continent, rising floodwaters have obliterated America's great coastal cities and then its heartland, leaving nothing but an archipelago of mountaintop colonies surrounded by a deep expanse...
91) Bird
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Join fisherman Finn and his dog, Skip, on their third adventure in this illustrated story book for young children, that teaches them about climate change and what they can do to help. It’s Skip’s birthday and Finn has planned an exciting surprise for him—a trip in a hot-air balloon. As they lift off the ground and rise above the clouds, they think that this birthday adventure couldn’t have gotten off to a better start. But when a bird snatches...
92) The West without water: what past floods, droughts, and other climatic clues tell us about tomorrow
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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Description
From the publisher. The West without Water documents the tumultuous climate of the American West over twenty millennia, with tales of past droughts and deluges and predictions about the impacts of future climate change on water resources. Looking at the region's current water crisis from the perspective of its climate history, the authors ask the central question of what is "normal" climate for the West, and whether the relatively benign climate of...
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Featuring captivating cinematography of the Antarctic landscape, this exhilarating documentary series follows the crew of the Sedna IV as they study the wildlife of the Antarctic region and examine the effects of climate change on their habitats.
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94) The light pirate
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"From the author of Good Morning, Midnight comes a hopeful, sweeping story of survival and resilience spanning one extraordinary woman's lifetime as she navigates the uncertainty, brutality, and arresting beauty of a rapidly changing world. Florida as we know it is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels wreak gradual havoc on the state's infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Continuum
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Philosopher Elizabeth Cripps approaches climate justice not just as an abstract idea but as something that should motivate us all. Using clear reasoning and poignant examples, starting from irrefutable science and uncontroversial moral rules, she explores our obligations to each other and to the non-human world, unravels the legacy of colonialism and entrenched racism, and makes the case for immediate action. The second half of the book looks at...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
"A timely and important illustrated nonfiction guide for middle grade readers about the history of our fight against climate change, and how young people today can rise to action. Saving Earth tells the human story of the climate change conversation from the recent past into the present day. It wrestles with the long shadow of our failures, what might be ahead for today's generation, and crucial questions of how we understand the world we live in-and...
Author
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Explore the evidence, analysis, and opinions behind the climate change headlines. This book covers the facts and scientific explanations about the causes and effects of Earth's changing climate, along with political context. It surveys the responses to climate change in the United States and around the world, giving readers the facts they need to develop informed positions on the issue."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Our planet is in trouble! But with the help of this book, every kid can be a superhero making a difference. Sixty engaging missions guide readers through making carbon-saving changes in all aspects of their lives, from gardening to gadgets—even a DIY water-saving device for their toilet tank! Aided by lively illustrations, the author weaves crucial climate statistics and helpful resources with stories of positive change already happening, such as...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
The global scale of climate change often feels beyond our comprehension. In The Atlas of a Changing Climate, ecologist Brian Buma helps us envision--both literally and figuratively--the history, present, and possible futures of the imperiled ecosystems directly influencing our lives. By presenting the forces driving Earth's changes through illuminating maps, charts, and infographics, Buma proves the depth of our connectivity to our planet, revealing...
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