tropics

"Explores the characteristics of the land and weather in regions with tropical climates, and how plants, animals, and people have adapted to life in tropical regions. The effects of climate change and other developments are also covered."--Publisher.

Chris Taylor and his friends are sent on an unexpected school field trip to a remote tropical island only to find their new monstrous friends waiting for them. Once again, they need the boys' help.

Journey to places where it can get very hot. In this book, you'll learn more about citites that are very hot and what causes this extreme weather.

Everyone has experienced hot days in which it's hard to move without sweating. Readers will realize those days were cool compared to some of the sweltering locations vividly described within the pages of this volume. Death Valley, the Sahara, and Ethiopia are highlighted in text and on maps in this trip around the globe in search of Earth's hottest places. Why some locations are so hot, different ways of measuring temperature, and the health risks of extreme heat are just a few of the topics touched upon in this book, compatible with any science and social studies collection.

An unexpected adventure with his friends and a kite convinces Penguin Blue that he is not built for flying, and that he belongs on solid ice.

Offers a detailed background of the science of climatology and explains how carbon dioxide and water vapor interact to regulate the earth's thermostat arguing that scientific evidence shows that use of fossil fuels has accelerated global warming.

Presents scientific investigations of twelve tropical forest mysteries, looking at why monkeys sometimes fall from the trees, how passion flower vines foil their predators, how poison dart frogs make their poison, and other questions.

Photographs and simple text introduce readers to various tropical forest environments and the people who live there.

Simple text, photographs, and maps describe places around the world that are extremely hot, including Bangkok, Thailand; Dallol, Ethiopia; Marble Bar, Australia; Furnace Creek Ranch, California; Al Aziziyah, Libya; hydrothermal vents; and the Earth's core.

A teenage girl living on a tropical island runs away to escape her tribe's customs of arranged marriages and female genital mutilation.