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Book

Earth's climate change : carbon dioxide overload

Author

James Bow

Call Number

  • J 363.7387 BOW (CEN)

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Publication Information

St. Catharines, Ontario ; New York, New York : Crabtree Publishing, [2016]

Physical Description

32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Audience

Grades 7 to 8.

Summary

"We live in an energy-rich age, in which we can turn on a light with the flick of a switch or drive anywhere by turning a key. But, our vehicles, factories, and power stations, which create the electricity needed to light and heat our buildings, pump carbon dioxide into Earth's atmosphere. Carbon dioxide overload from these human activities is making our planet hotter and hotter--and is causing the Earth's climate to change. Find out what scientists are doing to find sustainable new forms of energy that will secure our planet's future."--

Contents

  • What is global climate change?
  • The greenhouse effect
  • Energy and climate change
  • A history of climate change
  • Climate change
  • Using energy in the past
  • The industrial revolution
  • The agricultural revolution
  • The developing world
  • Fixing the carbon problem
  • Life without coal and oil?
  • We have succeeded before
  • Power up!

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