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62) Climate change
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"Discusses how and why climates change over time, the climate changes that have occurred in the past, and the causes and effects of climate change today"--Provided by publisher.
63) Green technology
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Publisher Annotation: From saving the birds and the bees, to cleaning up the seas and waving goodbye to plastics, green tech is part of the solution to climate change. Some solutions are really out there-take a bow Space Mirrors-while others are close to home-we see you, Solar Panels! And you, too, Electric Vehicle! Our motto is protect and repair. Let's get started. Perfect for home or school, Basher's highly original books make difficult concepts...
64) Fires everywhere
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"The landscape is alight with flame and billowing black smoke clouds the sky. What on Earth is causing these fires everywhere? As Earth's climate is changing, the serious heat is drying out the land, leading to increasingly serious wildfires. Uncover the problems of climate change, explore its impact on fires, and dive into what we can do to help. Approachable text with engaging images brings this timely topic to life." --
65) Melting ice
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"Giant icebergs are cracking off ice shelves and splashing into the oceans below. Ice sheets are melting, sending more and more water rushing into the sea. What on Earth is causing this melting ice? As Earth's climate is changing, rising temperatures are causing catastrophic melting. Uncover the problems of climate change, explore its impact on Earth's ice, and dive into what we can do to help. Approachable text and engaging images bring this timely...
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Three stories use themes of current ecological issues caused by global warming and encourage children to respect the planet. Stories take young readers to the North Pole, the Amazon rainforest and an island in the Indian Ocean and include ideas about "eco-gestures" young children can make to help the environment.
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In Climate Change: Discover How It Impacts Spaceship Earth, young readers examine real studies concerning planetary science, Arctic ice bubbles, and migratory patterns. Kids explore the history of human impact from the Industrial Revolution to our modern-day technology, as well as the innovations underway around the world to address global climate change.
69) Arctic ice loss
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"Discover the ways arctic ice loss is affecting Earth's animals and sea levels. With eye-catching photos and fascinating facts, this book takes a thorough look at arctic ice loss"--
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At a time when extreme weather is becoming more and more common, get clued up on the science behind it and the ways in which it's changing. Learn about all kinds of weather and marvel at how powerful it can be. Discover what the weather was like when the Earth was born and what it could be like in the future. Find out how weather is predicted and the inventions that harness its power.
74) Warming planet
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"Polar ice is melting, baking blacktop is splitting streets in scorching record highs, and the mercury keeps rising. What on Earth is causing this warming planet? As Earth's climate is changing, the planet is heating up, leading to even more change in a vicious feedback loop. Uncover the problems of climate change, explore the impact of a warming planet, and dive into what we can do to help. Approachable text and engaging images bring this timely...
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Celebrate young climate change activists in this charming story about an empowered girl who shows up, listens up, and ultimately, speaks up to inspire her community to take action against climate change. After attending a climate march, a young activist is motivated to make an effort and do her part to help the planet... by organizing volunteers to work to make green changes in their community, from cleaning a lake, to planting trees, to making composting...
77) Terrible storms
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"Hurricanes are battering the coastlines, heat waves and droughts are drying up crop fields, wildfires are tearing through ancient forests, and winter storms are sending deep freezes into parts of the world where the mercury rarely drops that low. What on Earth is causing these terrible storms? As Earth's climate is changing, storms are becoming more intense and frequent-and in some cases are making matters worse. Uncover the problems of climate change,...
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"Learn how a movement builds from one person to a billion in this A to Z environmental activism book. Readers count from 1 to 10 - and then in larger increments to a billion - as they learn new terms from "conservation" to "activism." Inset boxes provide easy-to-understand definitions of additional new vocabulary words." - provided by amazon
80) Climate change
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A discussion of climate change, why it is taking place, and what can be done to slow it down.
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