ID | 004941 |
Call Number | 363.73874/LIM |
Title Proper | Our Warming Planet - Green Alert! |
Language | ENG |
Author | Lim, Cheng Puay |
Publication | Singapore, Times Books, 2004. |
Description | 48p Green and Yellow Spine |
Series | Green Alert! |
Note | Animals and plants depend on the Earth's natural resources to survive. This series takes a closer look at these resources and the human activities that threaten to destroy them forever. Each title in this series looks at a critical environmental issue, using case studies from around the world to highlight both current problems and possible solutions for the future. The books include lively text, stunning photographs and a list of practical ways in which readers can help to protect the planet from further damage. This book, Our Warming Planet, traces the causes of global warming and studies its impact on Earth. Topical examples look at how it has affected different regions, and the countries, organizations and individuals working to prevent further damage. |
Note | Warming the Earth Is the Earth really getting hotter? Some places are hotter than others. Masuring global temperature CAUSES OF GLOBAL WARMING The carbon cycle What are greenhouse gases? Natural sources of greenhouse gases, Human causes of greenhouse gases. EFFECTS ON PLANTS AND ECOSYSTEMS What could global warming do? Case Study - Bleaching the Great Barrier Reef Plants and the warming planet Case Study - The Sundarbans EFFECTS ON ANIMALS AND PEOPLE Animals and the warming planet Case Study - The Rocky Mountains Living on a warming planet Case Study - Florida, the Sunshine State PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION World leaders meet Fighting water Storing carbon WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? New methods, new devices What can I do?
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Standard Number | 9812324948 |
Price. Qualification | Rs.225(hb) |
Classification Number | 363.73874 |
Key Words | IGCSE ; Climatic changes - Environmental aspects ; Global warming ; Greenhouse gases ; Climatic changes ; Carbon cycle |