greenhouse effect

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greenhouse effect

Floodland

2002
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.

A clean sky

the global warming story
2007
Describes global warming, discusses alternative energy sources, and includes suggestions on how people can help. Includes fun facts and a glossary.

Global warming

a very short introduction
2004
Presents a short pocket handbook that describes the impacts of global warming and the controversies that surround it.

Under a green sky

global warming, the mass extinctions of the past, and what they mean for our future
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.

Is global warming a threat?

2003
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.

Global warming

the complete briefing
1994
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.

Getting to the bottom of global warming

an Isabel Soto investigation
2010
In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Isabel Soto as she investigates global warming.

Is it hot enough for you?

global warming heats up
2009
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.

Antarctic melting

the disappearing Antarctic ice cap
2007
Examines the evidence concerning the reduction of ice on the Antarctic continent and the major effects on coastal cities due to rising sea levels.

Is the temperature rising?

the uncertain science of global warming
1998
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.

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