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Book

Climate change

Call Number

  • J 363.7387 WOOD (CEN, EAS, OSH, POW, WSQ)

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Edition

American edition, Revised edition, New edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2021.

Physical Description

72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm

Summary

"Eyewitness Climate Change explains why human activities are making the planet heat up--and how we know for sure that this is the case. The book explores the effects of the changing climate, from more frequent hurricanes and wildfires to melting ice caps and rising sea levels. It shows how scientists predict how the climate will change in the future and what actions we can all take to combat climate change"--Provided by publisher.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Earth's climate
  • The greenhouse effect
  • Checks and balances
  • Natural climate change
  • Human impact
  • Burning the forests
  • Fossil fuels
  • Our carbon culture
  • Adding to the problem
  • Heatwaves and droughts
  • Melting ice
  • Warming oceans
  • Oceanic research
  • Living with the heat
  • Plight of the polar bear
  • Climate models
  • This century
  • What scares the scientists?
  • Who is most vulnerable?
  • Adapting to climate change
  • Combating climate change
  • Cutting the carbon
  • Nuclear power
  • Renewable enery
  • Power for the people
  • Energy efficiency
  • Green transport
  • Your carbon footprint
  • Greenhouse-gas producers.

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