| Publication |
Singapore, Times Books, 2004.
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| Description |
48pGreen and Yellow Spine
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| Series |
Green Alert!
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| Summary/Abstract |
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.
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| Contents |
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 hb.
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