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Book

What's really happening to our planet? : [the facts simply explained]

Call Number

  • 304.2 J956 TEEN (OSH)

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Edition

First American edition.

Publication Information

New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2016.

Physical Description

223 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

An easy-to-understand overview of the state of our planet and its future, using eye-opening and accessible charts, graphs, and infographics.

Contents

  • Drivers of change: The population explosion; Economic expansion; City planet; Fuel for growth; Escalating appetite; Thirsty world; Consuming Passions
  • Consequences of change: The global age; Better lives for many; Our changing atmosphere; Changing the land; Sea changes; The great decline
  • Bending the curves: The great acceleration; What's the global plan?; Shaping the future.

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