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007283
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New York, Orchard Books, 2007.
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112pBlack Spine
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Describes why global warming happens, how it affects the planet, and measures that can be taken to stop it.
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It’s getting hot in here -
So what exactly is global warming?
Greenhouse gas is not caused by an orchid grower who ate too many beans
Were fossil fuels once dinosaurs?
You say you want a revolution?
CO2: Big Kahuna
CO2 and temperature: Like peanut butter and jelly
I’m melting!
Bald and the beautiful
Oceans are carbon sponges
What is your carbon footprint?
Says who?
Weird, wacky weather -
Hurricanes flex their muscles
Flooded!
Thirsty planet
Heat waves: X-games of summer
Beach bummer
Walk in the park?
Backyard BBQ
Extinction stinks -
Connect the dots
Walrus, penguins, and polar bears, oh, my!
Don’t put bleach in the colors, um, corals!
Kiss this toad good-bye
Up, up, and away
What you can do to stop global warming -
Clean up your room!
How many concerned kids does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Gulp!
Paper or plastic? Neither!
Carbon (re)cycle
Reading, writing, and saving energy
Become famous (all you need is energy)
Hybrid (hi-bred)
Alternatives rock
We’ve got the power
What do you want to be when you grow up?: Sustainable career
What else you can do
Words to know
Suggestions for further reading
Cool web sites to check out
Source notes
Selected bibliography
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0439024943 Pb.
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| 007721 | 363.73874/DAV | Main | On Shelf | General | |
| 007722 | 363.73874/DAV | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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013003
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Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2009.
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ix, 180pDark Blue spine
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The definitive book on paleoclimatology, David Archer skilfully tells the climate story of how future generations will inherit atmospheric changes and an altered climate as a result of our current decisions about fossil-fuel burning which will last for several millenia.
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Prologue
Global warming in geologic time
The greenhouse effect
We've seen it with our own eyes
Forecast of the century
Millenial climate cycles
Glacial climate cycles
Geologic climate cycles
The present in the bosom of the past
The fate of fossil fuel CO2
Acidifying the ocean
Carbon cycle feedbacks
Sea level in the deep future
Orbits, CO2 and the next ice age
Carbon economics and ethics
Furthur reading
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9780691136547 Hb.
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| I00523 | 363.73874/ARC | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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004941
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Singapore, Times Books, 2004.
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48pGreen and Yellow Spine
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Green Alert!
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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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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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9812324948 hb.
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| 004782 | 363.73874/LIM | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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