global warming

Introduces students to real-life situations that focus on reducing dependency on fossil fuels, producing food and goods using less energy, recycling, and reusing as a way to save the planet.

While on a mission to Antarctica to save the world from global warming, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--are pursued by their creator, the Uber-Director, who wants to auction them off to the highest bidder.

Thirteen essays introduce biomass energy, covering its history and how it works; present opposing viewpoints on biomass issues, such as its effect on the environment and whether it could eradicate hunger or lead to starvation; and discuss possibilities for the future.

Explores the dangers of global warming, caused by greenhouse gas emissions, and offers consumers ways in which they can help to reverse its harmful effects.

Explains the science of global warming, examines cutting-edge technological solutions that could reverse the tide of climate damage, and highlights the national and international politics that will impact efforts.

Explains how to take effective action to stop climate change, discussing how to organize in one's community, church, or college and covering such topics as online grassroots campaigns, high-profile events, and political pressure.

The author presents a thriller that takes the reader to glaciers in Iceland, volcanoes in the Antarctic, the Arizona desert, through the jungles of the Solomon Islands, the streets of Paris, and the beaches of Los Angeles.

Contains case studies that provide science-based speculations on what might occur on Earth as the global average temperature increases--as projected--by six degrees.

Environmentalist Bill McKibben offers an optimistic assessment of the future of the planet, exploring how efforts to stop global warming have impacted the environment and possibly changed Earth for the better.

A history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what can be done to prevent other cataclysmic events including renewable power sources such as wind, solar, and geothermal energy.