pollution

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Water quality

Examines the quality of water, focusing on pollution and where it comes from. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.

Air quality and pollution

Discusses the issue of air pollution, focusing on the changes in the air, the history of the problem, and solutions on how to make the air cleaner.

Air pollution

Includes twenty-eight essays on air pollution from different countries standpoint, covering topics of air quality, health effects, political and economical effects of policies, and strategies for reducing air pollution.

Keeping water clean

Describes how people from around the world use water, discusses pollution, and encourages readers to consider ways they can help conserve water.

Haven Jacobs saves the planet

2023
Twelve-year-old Haven channels her anxiety about the climate crisis into a fight against the factory suspected of polluting the river running through her town.
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Consider the octopus

2023
Told in alternating voices, twelve-year-olds JB Barnes and Sidney Miller meet aboard a scientific research ship after JB is tasked to invite a renowned scientist named Sidney Miller and mistakenly invites a girl with the same name who will do anything to get out of going to summer camp.

But not a drop to drink!

the lifesaving guide to good water
1989
Identifies water pollutants, explains what they can do, and provides an analysis of the worst and best water systems in the U.S.

The drowning summer

Sixteen-year-old fledgling mediums Mina and Evelyn navigate their growing attraction as they investigate the connection between a vengeful spirit and murders that rocked their costal Long Island town six years ago.

When the world runs dry

Earth's water in crisis
"A narrative nonfiction account of the worldwide water crisis, explaining what's happening to the world's water supply, from industrial pollution to harmful algal blooms, and what kids can do about it"--Provided by the publisher.

Water

2018
An exploration of water as a basic need, covering how plants and animals use it and water pollution. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.

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