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We are the weather makers : the history of climate change
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- ISBN: 9780763636562
- ISBN: 0763636568
- ISBN: 9780763646561
- ISBN: 0763646563
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Physical Description:
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303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Adapted from: The weather makers / Tim Flannery. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-297) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : buzz about global warming -- Part 1. Earth and the carbon connection. Earth's carbon cycle and you -- Ocean in the sky -- Greenhouse story -- Grand discovery -- Time's gateways -- Markers of change -- Energy blast from the past -- Part 2. Endangered habitats. Unraveling world -- Peril at the poles -- Australia's great stumpy reef? -- Warning from the golden toad -- Liquid gold : changes in rainfall -- Weather gone wild -- Rising ocean -- Leveling the mountains -- Part 3. What's to Come? Model worlds -- Dangerous commitment -- Fleeing climate change -- Three tipping points -- Civilization : big city versus small town -- Ozone hole : a success story -- Kyoto protocol -- What to believe? -- Engineering solutions -- So what's the story with fuel? -- Soar with the wind -- bask in the sun -- What about nuclear? -- Hybrids, miniCATs, and contrails -- We took action. |
| Target Audience Note: | Young Adult. 1280 Lexile. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader UG 10.7 14 14 132726 Reading Counts! 11.0. |
| Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild selection Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010. |
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| Genre: | Young adult nonfiction. Young adult nonfiction. |
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