Search Results: Returned 15 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 15
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c2009, Greenhaven Press Call No: 304.2 5 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: At IssueSummary Note: A collection of thirteen essays that explore various issues related to climate change, discussing its impact on communities and the environment.
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2021., MIT Press Call No: 363.7 FOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In nature, there is little chemical waste; nearly every atom is a resource to be utilized by organisms, ensuring that all the available matter remains in a perpetual cycle. By contrast, human systems of energy production and manufacturing are linear; the end product is waste. In 'Brave Green World,' Chris Forman and Claire Asher show what our linear systems can learn from the efficient circularity of ecosystems. They offer an unblinkered yet realistic and positive vision of a future in which we can combine biology and manufacturing to solve our central problems of waste and pollution."--Back cover.
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[2016], Pre-adolescent, Crabtree Pub. Co. Call No: 333.8 2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Next generation energy.Summary Note: "... shows how the use of fossil fuels is changing Earth's climate and what scientists are doing to find sustainable forms of energy that will secure [the] planet's future. [People] live in an energy-rich age that relies heavily on the burning of fossil fuels. [They] burn fossil fuels to power ... vehicles, factories, and even ... power stations, which burn fossil fuels to create the electricity needed to light and heat ... buildings. The result is a buildup of carbon dioxide into Earth's atmosphere. Find out how carbon dioxide overload is making [the] planet hotter and hotter and what is being done to fight global climate change"--Provided by publisher.
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c2011., University of California Press Call No: SCI042000 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores how climate changes is affecting the health of people around the world by altering patterns of disease, linking global warming to cholera, malaria, Lyme disease, asthma, and other health threats.
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2020., Greenhaven Pub. Call No: 362.87 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "While politicians debate whether or not climate change is real, extreme weather rages around the world. Whatever the cause, the effects are real, as evidenced by staggering numbers of displaced people. These climate refugees, through no fault of their own, have meaningful impacts on populations, economies, and even cultural makeup. How can world leaders adapt to these changes? In this fascinating resource, writers from around the world offer their takes on the current crises as well as predictions for the future"--Provided by the publisher.
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c2009, Facts on File Call No: 551.6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Hazardous EarthSummary Note: Offers a comprehensive overview of climate change, discussing shifts in climate throughout history, the natural and man-made causes of climate change, the impact climate change has on the environment, and other related topics.
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c2009., Facts on File Call No: 551.6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Hazardous Earth.Summary Note: Offers a comprehensive overview of climate change, discussing shifts in climate throughout history, the natural and man-made causes of climate change, the impact climate change has on the environment, and other related topics.
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[2020]., Juvenile, Harper Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A group of students in Room 5 send a letter to the Earth asking what they can do to help. The Earth responds with suggestions, and the students correspond with the Earth for the rest of the school year. The class takes action to recycle, plant trees, save electricity, and save water.
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p2008, c2008., Encyclopaedia Britannica Call No: 551.6 EAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Learn & exploreSummary Note: Looks at how human activities have affected Earth's environment over the course of the twentieth century, discussing climate, global warming, deforestation, endangered species, environmental pollution, and other topics, and explores the need to establish new policies and practices for interacting with and using natural resources.
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c2012., Juvenile, Magic Wagon Call No: 551.6911 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Climate changeSummary Note: Describes the results of climate change on the poles, how animals are affected, and what individuals can do to help preserve the planet.
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2009., Pre-adolescent, Flash Point Call No: 551.6 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Provides illustrations, diagrams, and photographs that describe how water, air, and other climate systems affect each other and the earth.
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-- Are we finally on the brink of a clean energy revolution?c2011., General, PBS Home Video Call No: DVD Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Can emerging technology defeat global warming? Travel the globe to reveal the surprising technologies that just might turn back the clock on climate change. Focusing on the latest and greatest innovations, including everything from artificial trees to green reboots of familiar technologies like coal and nuclear energy, Nova asks: 'Can our technology, which helped create this problem, now solve it?'.
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-- 6 degreesc2008., National Geographic Call No: 551.6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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2019., Picador Call No: 363.7 Nes Edition: First Picador edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Examines the effects of global climate change around the world--from longer-lasting droughts in the Middle East to more destructive hurricanes in America--and offers advice and encouragement for facing this challenge before it is too late. Argues that since humanity built civilization out of the last ice age and then went on to transform the world in the Industrial Revolution, the threat of climate change is also a threat we can overcome.
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[2023]., Adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: 304.2 WAL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "An exploration of the devastating effects of global warming-how the future will look to those living through it as well as a direct overview and an impassioned and hopeful call to action to change the trajectory while there is still time. Adapted for young adults from the #1 New York Times bestseller."
