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1) Two degrees
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When three children endure separate climate change disasters--a wildfire in the California woods, a close encounter with a hungry polar bear in Canada, and a massive hurricane in Florida--they emerge from their experiences committed to changing the world.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Heat Will Kill You First is about the extreme ways in which our planet is already changing. It is about why spring is coming a few weeks earlier and fall is coming a few weeks later and the impact that will have on everything from our food supply to disease outbreaks. It is about what will happen to our lives and our communities when typical summer days in Chicago or Boston go from 90° F to 110°F. A heatwave, Goodell explains, is a predatory...
Author
Publisher
Taylor Trade
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In this controversial new book Australia's leading geologist makes the case that carbon dioxide is just one of many factors that drive climate-- and a relatively insignificant one at that. Heaven and Earth engagingly and comprehensively synthesizes what we know-- or think we know-- about the sun, earth, ice, water, and air. Heaven and Earth is a powerful argument against many of the punitive-- and expensive-- laws that are now being passed to 'protect'...
Author
Series
Publisher
Raven Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Offers an introduction to the causes and effects of global warming, considers reasons for denying its existence, and discusses the threat it presents for the future and some possible solutions.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Nick Drake heads an environmental group and becomes irate when he loses key funding. He sets out after his enemies and detractors, working to instill a public state of fear about global warming. Takes readers around the world to Iceland, Antarctica, Arizona, the Solomon Islands, Paris, and Los Angeles.
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The Great Global Warming Swindle caused controversy in the UK when it premiered in March 2007. According to Martin Durkin's documentary, the chief cause of climate change is not human activity but changes in radiation from the sun. Some have called "The Great Global Warming Swindle" the definitive retort to Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth". This program, hosted by Lateline presenter Tony Jones introduces the controversial documentary. The screening...
Author
Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
This hard-hitting look at climate change tackles the past, present, and future of global warming, examining the effects it's having across the world, the politics behind denial, and the ways in which we can all work to lessen the harsh effects of our warming world. Perfect for young environmentalists looking to learn about the ways in which we can take action against global warming.
Author
Series
Oxford very short introductions volume 118
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
10) Global warming
Author
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Text and photographs look at evidence of climate change, the reasons why it is occurring, the effects this change is having on the environment, and the steps that can be taken to help limit the rate of this change.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall, his son Sam, and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than anything anyone has ever encountered: Mother Nature.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Why, despite overwhelming scientific evidence, do we still act as if climate change doesn't exist? George Marshall seeks to answer that question. This book is both about climate change and about the qualities that make us human and how we can deal with the greatest challenge we have ever faced. --Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"...a daring call to action that details how the future of human civilization is under threat--and offers concrete advice for making your voice heard in the fight to solve the climate crisis at a moment when the solutions we need are emerging around the world."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Co
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Takes a look at some of the most popular arguments against climate change and why they are only myths, along with debates of cold winters, natural processes, scientific errors, and global warming.
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Describes the tools that scientists use to analyze information about the Earth's climate and measure the current rate of climate change, with twenty-five projects for positive actions that can be done to protect the environment.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Over the past several decades, our world has been warming at a faster rate than ever before. Winters are shorter. Sea levels have risen. Territories of predators and prey have shifted. To survive in this new environment, animals everywhere have had to adapt, or face extinction. Complemented by Jamie Hogan's rich collage illustrations, A Warmer World offers young readers a clear-eyed look at the effects of climate change on animals around the world....
19) Extreme ice
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
This videodisc focuses on climate change shown through time-lapse cameras set by internationally acclaimed photojournalist James Balog, who has placed equipment in more than two dozen glacial locations in the northern hemisphere in order to assess the impact of global warming on the cryosphere.
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the carbon footprint--the carbon emissions used to manufacture and transport--everyday items, including paper bags and imported produce, and provides information to help build carbon considerations into everyday purchases.
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