London, Martha
Summary: People have been adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. as the amount of gases increases, climate change grows worse. How Climate Change Works examines the science behind climate change, explaining how climate change began and how changes in the atmosphere lead to changes on Earth. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J363.738 LONCook, John
Summary: 97% of climate scientists agree that humans are causing global warming. Unfortunately, many of us have a cranky uncle who thinks he knows better. Is your cranky uncle actually right? Cook uses humor to examine the science your cranky uncle uses to defend his position, and presents the facts about climate science. Come for the cartoons, stay for the science! -- adapted from back cover and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 COOSummary: If global warming cycles are natural phenomena, why should humans alter their consumption habits and behavior? Have we really accelerated climate change? This program studies the causes of ozone depletion and the buildup of greenhouse gases-examining both sides of the highly politicized issue while making the case that current warming trends are in fact human-caused. Outlining the importance of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Hansen, James E. (James Edward)
Summary: A leading scientist on climate issues offers his views on the growing threat of human-caused climate change and looks at why the proposed solutions are not sufficient to stop a global meltdown.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2009
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Summary: Offers a powerful argument for immediate action on climate change, discussing issues ranging from balancing energy demands and food supply in India and China to the possibility of a viable electric car that could spell the end of big oil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 FLADavenport, Leslie
Summary: "A timely, thoughtful workbook that will help young readers work through their feelings of anxiety about climate change"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: What are the health implications of global warming in urban areas? This program examines the medical repercussions of environmental change and crisis in Canada. Environmental and disaster relief experts, such as Steven King of Sustainable Environment Management and John Saunders of the Red Cross, discuss the risks, including heat stroke and water-borne diseases, associated with rising...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Nardo, Don
Summary: "When many people hear the term climate change, they envision a few random changes in weather patterns that will not affect the planet and humanity until the end of the current century, or even later. This view is dead wrong. Earth's climate is now changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization, primarily as a result of human activities. Global climate change has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 363.738 NARJahren, Hope
Summary: "A young adult adaptation of Hope Jahren's nonfiction work, The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where We Go from Here"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 363.738 JAHWilson, Hannah
Summary: This book looks at what climate change is, the ways in which it is affecting our planet and suggests projects and ideas to encourage everyone to to do what they can to be greener, limit their own carbon footprints and make a difference.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Welbeck Children's Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.738 WILWolfson, Richard.
Summary: Twelve lectures on climate change and global warming presented by Professor Wolfson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 551.6 WOLHerman, Gail
Summary: "Learn more about what climate change means and how it's affecting our planet. The earth is definitely getting warmer. There's no argument about that, but who or what is the cause? And why has climate change become a political issue? Are humans at fault? Is this just a natural development? While the vast majority of scientists who study the environment agree that humans play a large part in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.738 HERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Social What HermanSummary: "Ice melt; sea level rise; catastrophic weather; flooding; drought; fire; infestation; species extinction and adaptation; water shortage and contamination; intensified social inequity, migration and cultural collapse. These are but some of the changes that are not only predicted for climate changing futures, but already part of our lives in Canada. Although these transformations are global and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Caitlin Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.8 RISSummary: This program presented by Sir David Attenborough discusses the thickening of Earth's carbon dioxide envelope and, using climate modeling, confirms that fossil fuels are primarily responsible for a global rise in temperatures going far beyond any normal allowance for cyclical fluctuation. Traveling from the Arctic, where the ecosystem is collapsing; to the low-lying islands of the South Pacific,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Fleischer, Jeff
Summary: "Drawing on real-life situations and stories, journalist Jeff Fleischer takes an informed, approachable look at how our world will change as a result of the climate crisis, addressing sea levels, extreme weather, drought, extinction, and migration"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 363.738 FLECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 363.738 FLEBremmer, Ian
Summary: "Renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years--including the pandemic--to show how we can respond to three great crises unfolding over the next decade. In this revelatory, unnerving, and ultimately hopeful book, Bremmer details how domestic and international conflicts leave us unprepared for a trio of looming crises--global health...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 303.4909 BREFlannery, Timothy Fridtjof
Summary: A history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what we can do to prevent a cataclysmic future includes specific suggestions for both lawmakers and individuals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.7387 FLAOsborne, Naomi
Summary: "The topic of climate change often inspires very strong feelings, and it can sometimes be difficult to sort through the feelings to find the facts. Balanced, unbiased text and fact boxes filled with relevant data and statistics help readers develop an informed opinion about climate change, and they're also encouraged to examine why others might hold an opposing viewpoint"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.738 OSBThomas, Keltie
Summary: The Earth's oceans are on the rise. Since 1900, global sea levels have risen steadily each year to a global average of about 8 inches (20cm) today, and they're still rising. By 2100, the sea could climb as much as 14 feet (4.3m) to 32 feet (9.75m). Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World gives youth an eye-popping view of what the Earth might look like under the rising and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books Ltd. 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Plate tectonics is the movement of the super-continents as they split apart. They also collided and joined back together again. When they did, mountains, such as the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau, were formed. These collisions also disrupted prevailing weather patterns and established new ones. See how 7 million years ago, as a result of India colliding with the Asian land mass, Africa...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Sigwalt, Dany
Summary: This Book Will Save the Planet is a vital and timely illustrated study of the climate crisis that tells us exactly what we can do to help save the world we live in.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 363.738 SIGSummary: With the same humor and humanity he exuded in the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore - former vice president and Nobel Peace Prize-winner - spells out 15 ways that individuals can address climate change immediately, from buying a hybrid car to inventing a new, hotter "brand name" for global warming. In this TEDTalk Gore is "easygoing, knowledgeable, and funny," says...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Harman, Alice
Summary: Facing the challenges of climate change involves all of us. This book offers children truth without despair, hope without deception and a map to a better future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2020