global warming

In a future Earth decimated by global warming where rival countries fight to claim massive amounts of oil beneath the newly accessible ocean, an innovative corporation creates a technology that can both cool the planet and provide a massive super-weapon, prompting airship pilot Anika Duncan to be swept up by an international plot.

Examines the environmental impact of people's food choices and encourages people to make smarter, more earth-friendly choices when shopping and cooking, explaining how the global food market is responsible for more than one third of total greenhouse-gas emissions.

Environmental journalists Chris Mooney details his experiences following scientists studying hurricanes during 2006, discusses the debate over whether global warming is the cause of stronger storms, and comments on the influence of the media, special interest, and politics on the argument.

Examines the earth's warming period between the tenth and fifteenth centuries and how it affected global societies, and describes how it relates to weather patterns around the world today.

Argues that the effects of global warming are already being felt on Earth and discusses the belief that scientific findings about the greenhouse effect have been discredited due to a deliberate campaign of deception by proponents of fossil fuels.

Traces the history of global warming over the course of two hundred years, looking at the work of scientists who identified the so-called greenhouse effect, as well as the activities of inventors and capitalists who unwittingly contributed to the problem.

Current information about the causes and effects of climate change, how people are working to reduce it, and ways kids and their families and schools can join the fight.

Presents an overview of the greenhouse effect and its consequences, explains global warming, and profiles major pollutants and the damage they cause.

Discusses the causes of the greenhouse effect, what it does to the planet, and how it can be stopped.

A graphic introduction to global warming that explains ultraviolet radiation, the ozone layer, the greenhouse effects, and how global warming can be prevented.