environmental aspects

Photographs and text provide real-life examples of the feats animals have accomplished in the face of dangerous and disastrous situations.

Helps children understand how their actions affect the environment, explaining the larger impact travel has on resources and the climate.

Helps children understand how their actions affect the environment, explaining the impact their clothing choices have on natural resources, the economy, and the climate.

Explains how cars, airplanes, ships, trains, and other methods of transportation impact the environment and offers greener alternatives for getting around.

Describes the benefits of using water power and includes arguments for and against its production and use. Includes a glossary and a list of resources.

Explains how wind power works, discusses its economics, and presents opposing sides on several issues concerning its use.

Discusses the history, environmental impact, and future of hydropower in eleven essays, and includes a glossary, chronology, and further reading list.

Discusses the history, environmental impact, and future viability of oil power in fourteen essays, and includes a glossary, chronology, and further reading list.

Describes several power sources--including fossil fuels, nuclear and water power, and energy from plants--and discusses their pros and cons and energy concerns for the future. Also includes a glossary and further print and Web resources.

Examines the biomes of the world, and looks at how changes in the climate of the Earth might affect the plants and animals that live in those ecological communities.