global warming

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Myths and controversies

2011
Takes a look at some of the most popular arguments against climate change and why they are only myths, along with debates of cold winters, natural processes, scientific errors, and global warming.
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The future of biodiversity

2020
It is believed that if global temperatures rise by over 3.5?C, up to 70 percent of the world's known species would go extinct.
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Ecology in your everyday life

2020
This book educates readers on a variety of ecological issues, including the problems with detergents, the big deal about green plants, and why some animals don't need energy from sunlight for photosynthesis.
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The uninhabitable earth

life after warming
2019
The author describes possible ways global warming will affect the Earth and people, including scientific research that support his theories.
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Brave new Arctic

the untold story of the melting North
2018
The author describes the science that has led to the conclusion that the Arctic is thawing due to climate change and that this transformation will have global consequences if we fail to address the challenge of a warming earth.
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Climate change

Readers will find out when climate change began, how it has progressed, and what we can do to fight it.
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We are all Greta

be inspired to save the world
2019
"[Readers are invited to] follow in the footsteps of the Swedish teenage activist and Nobel Peace Prize candidate [Greta Thunberg] . . . and join the global mission to save our planet from climate change . . . [This book] sets out the basic ideas required to understand climate change, explained in a scientific and accessible way and drawn from . . . authoritative sources"--Provided by publisher.
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An inconvenient truth

the crisis of global warming
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Safeguarding water and food supplies

Describes how people are adapting to the increase in the need for safeguarding water and food supplies caused by global warming.
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Adapting to flooding and rising sea levels

Describes how people are adapting to the increase in flooding and rising sea levels caused by global warming.
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