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Features a celebration of the planet, a warning to protect it, and sourcebook full of ideas for making a positive change.

Contains a collection of essays about climate change by young activists. Includes a glossary.

"Has the Gulf of Mexico recovered from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? As the tenth anniversary of the disaster approaches, this question is regularly posed. An international team of scientists has spent nearly that long studying its environmental impact ... For insight into the future, we journey to the Campeche region of Mexico that is still suffering four decades after the 1979 Ixtoc oil spill. ... "--Container insert.

Explores extreme weather, such as hurricanes, floods, droughts, and climate change, and discusses its impact on humans as well as efforts to protect the planet.

Examines the scientific processes that create climate and weather and looks at their impact on human life, discussing weather extremes, air masses and weather patterns, climate change, the Earth and sun, and cyclones, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Includes cumulative indexes, sidebars, illustrations, and glossaries.

"Climate change is increasingly causing challenges worldwide. However, scientists are also learning more about its causes, effects, and how to prevent some of the worst outcomes. This . . . title allows readers to explore these discoveries about how climate change and global warming are shaping human communities and the natural world. It also empowers . . . scientists and leaders to advance technology that limits carbon emissions and allows communities and wildlife to adapt to a rapidly changing world"--Provided by publisher.

Explains the image of having eight billion humans in the world and the problems created for Earth's future.

"An exploration of the devastating effects of global warming-how the future will look to those living through it as well as a direct overview and an impassioned and hopeful call to action to change the trajectory while there is still time. Adapted for young adults from the #1 New York Times bestseller"--.

Focuses on the importance of birds and the extinction crisis, what is threatening birds, what we can do to help birds, and what is already being done to combat the bird extinction crisis.

"With their stunning black-and-orange wings, monarch butterflies are one of the most recognizable insects on the planet. But despite their delicate beauty, these creatures are warriors. The moment they hatch, they're fighting for their lives. Everything is the enemy: from the very leaf they live on to the humans and animals around them to nature itself. How does such a tiny egg survive to become a butterfly? And even after emerging from the cocoon, unimaginable danger awaits: migration. Every year, monarchs take flight, making one of the greatest migrations in the world. However, for a long time, their destination was unknown within the scientific community. Through the research of scientists in Canada and the United States and the support and efforts of ordinary people as well as Indigenous knowledge in Mexico, that mystery was finally solved. But to do so would involve years of searching across three countries and encounters with feuding scientists, the consequences of colonialism, and life-and-death stakes"--Provided by publisher.