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"The World Wildlife Fund is dedicated to conserving nature and making the world safer for wildlife and wild places around the world. Readers will explore the history and impact of this organization and how it works with local communities and volunteers to make a global difference"--
2) Hotter
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When people talk about global warming, they mean climate change. Scientists predict that Earth will continue to get warmer if people don't make serious changes to protect Earth. Reducing the use of fossil fuels is one way that young readers are introduced to slowing climate change in this simple book about the warming of Earth. With age-appropriate discussion of wildfires, the warming of Earth's oceans, and the melting of glacial ice, the main content...
3) Windier
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Understanding climate change is increasingly important as Earth gets warmer. Wind is another side effect of Earth's changing climate and atmosphere that can be harmful. It affects crops, people's homes, and animal habitats. In this book, young readers are introduced to the basic facts about climate change and the role it plays in increased windiness around the world. Conservation and environmental awareness are infused into the accessible main text,...
4) Wetter
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There's no question that storms like hurricanes have gotten stronger around the world in recent years. Many places have more rain at other times too. An increasingly wet climate in some places is yet another side effect of climate change. In this introductory volume, readers encounter simple text and ideas addressing the seriousness of increased precipitation around the world and the ways in which it can harm people, animals, and the environment....
5) Drier
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Water is essential for all life on Earth. From irrigating fields to drinking it ourselves, water is the one thing that separates Earth from other uninhabitable planets. But what happens when water dries up? This book provides a simple introduction to climate change and one of its consequences: drier places are getting drier, and places that weren't dry before are also getting drier. This results in drought, fires, and harm to people and animals. The...
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"The Florida Everglades are made up of nine different ecosystems supporting an astonishing variety of wildlife-panthers, manatees, snails, frogs, and a rainbow of bird species. But for years, the Everglades were threatened. They needed a voice to speak up for them. Marjory Stoneman Douglas became that voice. Her book "A River of Grass" helped the world see the irreplaceable beauty and value of the Everglades. Marjory's activism led to the creation...
13) Natural wonders
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"Discusses the damage to natural wonders and how to best preserve them"--Provided by publisher.
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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
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"Snuggle down and listen to the true stories of how animals all over the world are busy healing our planet, simply by doing what comes naturally. Discover the miraculous ways in which nature can restore itself, with this inspiring, powerful collection of non-fiction stories." --Back cover.
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