After global warming causes the sea to rise until cities in England become islands, ten-year-old Zoe goes on a harrowing solitary boat journey to search for her parents.
global warming, the mass extinctions of the past, and what they mean for our future
Ward, Peter Douglas
2007
Paleontologist Peter Ward recounts his investigation into the events surrounding a cataclysmic event that took place more than two hundred million years ago and destroyed nearly ninety-seven percent of all living things.
Contains thirteen essays in which the authors debate issues related to global warming, discussing whether or not it exists, the extent of the problem, and the threat it poses to animals, humans, the economy, and the environment.
Explores the whole theory of global warming, explaining current scientific understanding, including the uncertainties. Analysis is supported by over 90 charts, graphs, and weather maps.
Discussion of issues connected to global warming, such as the disappearance of wildlife habitat, the initiation and observance of Earth Day, and types of alternative and sustainable energy available for people to use and develop.
Examines the debate over the issue of global warming, describes some of the physical and chemical processes that make Earth a habitable planet, and discusses how the interplay among those processes determines Earth's response to various atmospheric disturbances.