Climate change
"Eyewitness Climate Change explains why human activities are making the planet heat up--and how we know for sure that this is the case. The book explores the effects of the changing climate, from more frequent hurricanes and wildfires to melting ice caps and rising sea levels. It shows how scientist...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
DK Publishing,
2021.
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| Edition: | American edition. |
| Series: | DK eyewitness books.
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Table of Contents:
- Earth's climate
- The greenhouse effect
- Checks and balances
- Natural climate change
- Human impact
- Burning the forests
- Fossil fuels
- Our carbon culture
- Adding to the problem
- Heatwaves and droughts
- Melting ice
- Warming oceans
- Oceanic research
- Living with the heat
- Plight of the polar bear
- Climate models
- This century
- What scares the scientists?
- Who is most vulnerable?
- Adapting to climate change
- Combating climate change
- Cutting the carbon
- Nuclear power
- Renewable enery
- Power for the people
- Energy efficiency
- Green transport
- Your carbon footprint
- Greenhouse-gas producers.
