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1) Green World
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Henry, an experienced environmental scientist, has made a disturbing discovery. The Earth, long the subject of all the worst that mankind can throw at it, is finally dying, and there is not long left for humanity on this planet. Together with his wife and colleagues, he hatches a plan to evacuate a small, select, group of scientists and engineers to a newly discovered planet, many light years away, where they can establish a new colony, and save at...
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Four scientists, one guide-and a dangerous beast following their trail. Nothing unusual from the looks of things, except that they are all in a planet far away from Earth. Robin Lampert, Take Mitsuitei, Hans Krendall and Ndomi Sulewayo, and their guide John McLaughlin, get together to scour the wilds of Viridis and take what scientific information the land can offer. They discover puzzling yet wondrous mysteries, yet little do they know that the land...
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Mom is behaving strangely even for her, Will realizes, and the inquisitive teen can't rest, until he discovers why. So begins a time travel adventure for Will and his sister, Halia, adventure Will has longed for but never thought possible, and that Hal would rather avoid. With the help of their next-door-neighbor and an unlikely, feline ally (their cat, Chester), Will and Hal discover that their perpetually sunny mom is traveling back in time to relive...
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The planet was an enigma. Among the thousands of inhabitable planets that had been discovered and visited, Veridis alone seemed to defy the laws of planetary development and evolution. It was extremely young, barely 10 million years had passed since it was completely molten and yet now it was covered with life of all kinds; kinds that should have not had a chance to even begin to develop, much less reach their current stage. To investigate this anomaly...
10) Global warming
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"In this book, young readers will learn about global warming"--
11) Dirty air
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Learn how people make air dirty, why it is dangerous, and what can be done to make the air cleaner.
12) Polluted oceans
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"Polluted Oceans introduces young readers to the issues of pollution due to the dumping of garbage, chemicals, and other things into our planet's seas. It also gives students plenty of ideas for ways that they can be part of the campaign to help keep our oceans clean and safe for the future."--
13) Garbage galore
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"In this book, young readers will learn why recycling is important, which materials can be reprocessed into new goods, and how improved design can make products easier to recycle."--
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"Poisoned Rivers and Lakes introduces young readers to the issues of river and lake pollution due to the dumping of garbage, chemicals, and other things into our planet's waterways. It also gives students plenty of ideas for ways that they can be part of the campaign to help keep our rivers and lakes clean and safe for the future."--
Examines water pollution in rivers and lakes, discussing the types of pollution that can be found there, where they...
17) Leaves
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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"Leaves carry out a vital job for all flowering plants, they enable plants to make food. This book provides readers with a complete and comprehensive understanding of the role of leaves, their structure and how they are brilliantly designed to do this job. Clear diagrams, engaging text, and stunning photographs are used to explain what leaves are for, photosynthesis and how leaves work, the role they play in the movement of water around the plant,...
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xiii, 229 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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Before you read this book, you have homework to do. Grab a notebook, go outside, and find a nearby patch of nature. What do you see, hear, feel, and smell? Are there bugs, birds, squirrels, deer, lizards, frogs, or fish, and what are they doing? What plants are in the vicinity, and in what ways are they growing? What shape are the rocks, what texture is the dirt, and what color are the bodies of water? Does the air feel hot or cold, wet or dry, windy...
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xiii, 563 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"On this blue planet, long before pterodactyls took to the skies and tyrannosaurs prowled the continents, tiny green organisms populated the ancient oceans. Fossil and phylogenetic evidence suggests that chlorophyll, the green pigment responsible for coloring these organisms, has been in existence for some 85% of Earth's long history -- that is, for roughly 3.5 billion years. In How the Earth Turned Green, Joseph E. Armstrong traces the history of...
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