global warming

"Hot bravely takes aim at perhaps the greatest climate threat of all: apathy." ? Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation.

Examines the phenomenon of global warming, discussing the greenhouse effect in its positive, life-giving configuration, and again as this mechanism is knocked out of balance by increased levels of carbon gases.

New York City has become almost uninhabitable when continuous sunlight causes unbearable heat, rationing of water and electricity, and swarms of people leaving, looking for cooler weather further north.

Overview Thousands of years of poor farming and ranching practices?and, especially, modern industrial agriculture?have led to the loss of up to 80 percent of carbon from the world?s soils. That carbon is now floating in the atmosphere, and even if we stopped using fossil fuels today, it would continue warming the planet. In The Soil Will Save Us, journalist and bestselling author Kristin Ohlson makes an elegantly argued, passionate case for "our great green hope"?a way in which we can not only heal the land but also turn atmospheric carbon into beneficial soil carbon?and potentially reverse global warming.

Examines why, despite scientific evidence, we ignore climate change, discussing values, assumptions, prejudices, and how the human brain is wired.

"Present[s] 35 of the most common questions about our understanding of climate change ... [and] a fact-based response to the question posed, in many cases explaining how myths and misunderstandings have distorted or obscured those facts"--Pages xv-xvi.

Fang's blog highlights ITEX and their research, causing them to shut down, while Max goes to Antarctica to study the effects of global warming.

"Find out how scientists measure climate change, see how carbon dioxide afffects the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere, and hear about the role of fossil fuels"--Container.

Investigates signs of global warming across America, features interviews with scientists who are studying climate change, and introduces people around the world who are working to lessen the impact of climbing temperatures.