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1) 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.
2) Weird weather: [everything you didn't want to know about climate change but probably should find out
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95 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Extreme storms like hurricanes and blizzards are happening more often. Is this because of climate change? Read this book to discover the relationship between storms and climate change. You can find out more about what scientists and engineers are doing to address climate issues and what you can do to help." --Amazon.com.
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While a few degrees' rise in the average temperature of Earth's surface may not sound like a catastrophe, the race against climate change is truly a race for survival. At stake are the futures of billions of the planet's inhabitants, including people, animals, and plants. This book examines the causes and consequences of climate change, such as extreme weather and rising sea levels.
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45 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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"Planet Earth is warming, causing climates to change. In [this book], learn how climate change affects Earth's many biomes -- for example, its deserts, forests, and tundra. Such biomes exist under only certain climate conditions."--Back cover
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Over the past several decades, our world has been warming at a faster rate than ever before. Winters are shorter. Sea levels have risen. Territories of predators and prey have shifted. To survive in this new environment, animals everywhere have had to adapt, or face extinction. Complemented by Jamie Hogan's rich collage illustrations, A Warmer World offers young readers a clear-eyed look at the effects of climate change on animals around the world....
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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"The climate has changed many times throughout Earth's 4.5-billion-year history. But such changes have never happened as quickly as those happening today. In [this book], learn how the climate is changing, how scientists study that change, and why most of them think human activities are causing it."--Back cover
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48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm.
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"Earth is a complex system of natural cycles. Carbon, water, and other materials move in and out of rocks, the air, bodies of water, and living things. But human activities have thrown these cycles out of balance. In [this book], learn how Earth's living and nonliving things are connected and how human activities have damaged that connection."--Back cover
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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.
Describes the tools that scientists use to analyze information about the Earth's climate and...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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A polar bear waits patiently for spring when the ice breaks up, but after months of hunting, paddling, and resting on ice floes, summer ends and the bear must swim very far to find land. Includes facts about polar bears and the effect of climate change on their environment.
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44 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Everyone is affected by climate change. Reading Climate Action: What Happened and What We Can Do is the perfect introduction not only to the dramatic effects of climate change, but to the solutions. Learn how our behavior and actions have led us to this point, hear from kids around the world dealing with extreme storms, wildfires, and sea level rise, and discover what scientists, youth activists, and ordinary citizens are doing to protect their communities....
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