global warming

Humanity's impact on the natural world can have disastrous effects. Melting Arctic Iceshines a light on how climate change is affecting Earth's polar region. With abundant charts and diagrams and large-format photos, this title explores the science behind greenhouse gases, polar sea ice, and rising sea levels, and considers actions people and governments can take to try to improve the situation. Features include a flow chart showing the disaster's causes and effects, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

"The Earth is warming rapidly, and some scientists propose geoengineering, or 'engineering Earth,' to combat climate change. Their ideas include thickening clouds with chemicals to reduce sunlight. Is geoengineering too risky? Or is it our best hope of survival? [This book examines those questions and more]"--Provided by publisher.

Explores factors in climatic change, such as greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide emissions, looks at international efforts to remedy the problem, discusses whether human activities are contributing to global warming, and more. Includes teacher notes.

"There's an invisible creature in the waves around Sarichef. It is altering the lives of the ... people who call the island home. A young girl and her family are forced to move to the center of the island for refuge from the rising sea level. Soon the entire village will have to relocate to the mainland. Heartbroken, the young girl and her grandfather worry: what else will be lost when they are forced to abandon their homes and their community?"--Provided by publisher.

Provides information about global warming, discussing the science, the consequences, and the possible solutions.

Describes how people are adapting to the increase in severe heat waves caused by global warming.

Describes the causes and effects of global warming as well as ways to slow global warming.

The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world.

"In 2006, the documentary An Inconvenient Truth set off a heated political debate when it threatened that inaction on climate change would lead to a dark and frightening future by 2016. Well, that ten year window has closed--and we have neither resolved the threats to our climate, nor gone past the point of no return. To Mayor Bloomberg and Carl Pope, it's clear that to treat climate change as either a lost cause or a non-issue is the wrong approach. Global leaders are stymied by the enormity of the doom-and-gloom scenarios. So what happens when you tell leaders that they can definitely--right now, this year--reduce the number of children who have asthma attacks, save thousands of Americans from dying of respiratory disease, cut energy bills, increase the security of our energy supply, make it easier for everyone to get around town, increase the number of jobs in their community--all while increasing the long-term stability of the global climate? That is actionable. That future is within our grasp. The changing climate should be seen as a series of discreet, manageable problems that should be attacked from all angles, each with a solution that can make our society healthier and our economy stronger. In these times, when it's less and less clear if the federal government will be willing to tackle climate change, Bloomberg and Pope lay out a powerfully persuasive argument about how cities can play an outsize role in fighting and reversing the dangerous effects of a warming planet. Together they lay out the economic and personal health reasons for businesses and individual citizens to support climate change action plans"--.