environmental aspects

Jina is learning about climate change for a class project. What she discovers leads her to making plans to reduce energy use around her house. Her plans run into a few snags, and she becomes frustrated about whether she's doing enough. With the help of her understanding parents and teacher along with a new friend, Jina finds out even small changes can lead to positive outcomes.

The author provides an account of his experiences as a crew member on a tall-masted schooner during a six-week voyage through the Great Lakes,and discusses his other explorations of the lakes, looking at their history, geology, and environmental disaster and rescue.

Looks at the environmental impacts of man on the Great Lakes in North America.

An adaptation of the adult book that studies the economic and ecological connection started by Christopher Columbus and continued by Legazpi that transported thousands of species around the globe including people, foods, insects, bacteria, plants, viruses, and animals. Discusses how this global connection impacted human history causing the rise of Europe, the devastation of imperial China, the disruption of Africa, and the prominence of Mexico City.

Looks at how Earth is changed by natural forces including earthquakes, volcanoes, water, and wind.

This book explores the emerging physical science of space weather and traces its increasing impact on a society that relies on space-based technologies.

Photographs and text provide information about polar regions, describing weather conditions in Antarctica and the Arctic, and looking at some of the unique plants and animals found in the frigid habitats. Includes a glossary.

"When trekking north or south to Earth's poles, the number one concern of travelers is likely the cold. And it should be. Frostbite, hypothermia, and more are real dangers but there are even more environmental aspects of the ice to be worried about. Readers are introduced to the coldest places on Earth, including how people like scientists live there and the threatening animals they could encounter. Also included are true stories of people who have had to survive in terrifying situations, highlighting how they did it and when they were rescued. Full-color photographs show the icy beauty of this unforgiving environment"--Amazon.com.

Reveals how the voyages of Columbus reintroduced plants and animals that had been separated millions of years earlier, documenting how the ensuing exchange of flora and fauna between Eurasia and the Americas fostered a European rise.

Traces the story of globalization through travel, trade, colonization, and migration from the fifteenth century to the present, documenting the historical impact of such influences as potatoes, the rubber plant, and malaria.