global warming

Presents a short pocket handbook that describes the impacts of global warming and the controversies that surround it.

Paleontologist Peter Ward recounts his investigation into the events surrounding a cataclysmic event that took place more than two hundred million years ago and destroyed nearly ninety-seven percent of all living things.

Contains thirteen essays in which the authors debate issues related to global warming, discussing whether or not it exists, the extent of the problem, and the threat it poses to animals, humans, the economy, and the environment.

Explores the whole theory of global warming, explaining current scientific understanding, including the uncertainties. Analysis is supported by over 90 charts, graphs, and weather maps.

In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Isabel Soto as she investigates global warming.

Climate issue expert Dr. James Hansen discusses his recommendation for how to avoid catastrophic climate change, criticizing policies such as cap-and-trade, suggesting the phasing out of all coal usage, and urging against the Kyoto Protocol in favor of new action to slow global warming.

An examination of the earth's atmosphere and the factors which threaten its stability, such as ozone loss and global warming.

In the year 2100, as the island of Wing is about to be covered by water, fifteen-year-old Mara discovers the existence of New World sky cities that are safe from the storms and rising waters, and convinces her people to travel to one of these cities in order to save themselves.

Argues that cutting oil consumption in the U.S. is an unrealistic goal and that climate change should be addressed by reducing coal use, discussing the history of coal mining and combustion in the U.S., the relationship between carbon dioxide and temperature, and currently available low-carbon and zero-carbon technologies.

Contains twenty-one essays by a variety of authors in which they discuss scientific aspects of the greenhouse effect and climatic change, explaining why the issue is important, and offering suggestions for reducing the impact of global warming.