DK Eyewitness Books: Climate Change: Discover How Global Warming is Changing Our Planet, and What We Can Do to Fight BackThe most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures. |
Contents
6 Earths climate | 6 |
8 The greenhouse effect | 8 |
10 The carbon cycle | 10 |
12 Checks and balances | 12 |
14 Natural climate change | 14 |
16 The human impact | 16 |
18 Burning the forests | 18 |
20 Fossil fuels | 20 |
42 What scares the scientists? | 42 |
44 Climate change and society | 44 |
46 Adapting to climate change | 46 |
48 Combating climate change | 48 |
50 Cutting the carbon | 50 |
52 Nuclear power | 52 |
54 Renewable energy | 54 |
56 Power for the people | 56 |
22 Our carbon culture | 22 |
24 Adding to the problem | 24 |
26 Heatwaves and droughts | 26 |
28 Melting ice | 28 |
30 Warming oceans | 30 |
32 Oceanic research | 32 |
34 Living with the heat | 34 |
36 Plight of the polar bear | 36 |
38 Predicting future climates | 38 |
40 The next century | 40 |
Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | DK Eyewitness Books: Climate Change: Discover How Global Warming is Changing Our Planet, and What We Can Do to Fight Back DK Eyewitness |
| Author | DK |
| Contributor | John Woodward |
| Publisher | Penguin, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0756643511, 9780756643515 |
| Length | 72 pages |
| Subjects | › › Juvenile Nonfiction / Reference / General Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Environmental Science & Ecosystems |
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