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Language
English
Description
"The Heat Will Kill You First is about the extreme ways in which our planet is already changing. It is about why spring is coming a few weeks earlier and fall is coming a few weeks later and the impact that will have on everything from our food supply to disease outbreaks. It is about what will happen to our lives and our communities when typical summer days in Chicago or Boston go from 90°F to 110°F. A heatwave, Goodell explains, is a predatory...
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Provides information on climate change, including what factors appear to be causing climate change, how climate change affects habitats and living things within them, and what humans are doing and can do to environmentally protect our planet.
3) Two degrees
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
When three children endure separate climate change disasters--a wildfire in the California woods, a close encounter with a hungry polar bear in Canada, and a massive hurricane in Florida--they emerge from their experiences committed to changing the world.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Team up with Max Axiom to learn all about global warming and its effects on the Earth. From melting glaciers to wacky weather patterns, heating up our planet wreaks havoc on its resources and inhabitants. Young readers will understand global warming and harness the power to help make a difference! Download the free Capstone 4D app for an augmented reality experience that goes beyond the printed page. Videos, writing prompts, discussion questions,...
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores the major changes that a few degrees increase in the Earth's temperature could bring. Discusses the effects of heat, flooding, fire, storms, loss of farmland, and disease. Includes a worst case scenario and a glossary.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Debunks seven myths related to climate change. Discusses what scientists know and what they don't know. Explains the difference between the weather and the climate and argues that global warming is occurring and is harmful.
7) The science
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents up-to-date information about climate change, focusing on the scientific discoveries that allow us to understand how this process is occurring. Features color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents photos and information about tornadoes. Discusses tornado alleys, famous tornadoes, storm chasers and spotters, and staying safe during a tornado. Includes a glossary, index, Common Core connection, and resources for further information.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dangerous winds. Torrential rains. Toppled trees. The roaring winds and sheets of rain brought on by a hurricane can cause a devastating amount of damage in a short time. Get an up-close look at how these swirling storms form and learn about some of history's worst hurricanes.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The untold story of climate migration-the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the portraits of communities being torn apart by disaster, and the implications for all of us as we confront a changing future"--
12) Climate change
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Explains what climate change is and why it occurs, examines the problems caused by climate change, discusses what might happen if the climate change problem is not fixed, and looks at what is being done to fight climate change.
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
While Earth is constantly changing, evidence shows that humans are speeding up the process of the greenhouse effect. Extreme weather, plant and animal extinction, and reshaping of our coastlines are harmful effects of rising temperatures. Understand the causes of global warming and explore ways we can reduce our carbon footprint and impact on the planet in this dynamic science book. Teach fifth-grade readers about climate and weather, the carbon cycle,...
14) The solar war
Author
Series
Long winter novels (A. G. Riddle) volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On a ruined world, humanity's last survivors are fighting a losing battle against against an unknowable enemy and impossible odds. They have just one hope for survival. But it comes at an unthinkable price ... The Long Winter is over. We survived. But only just. On a ruined world, we rebuild, watching the sky, waiting for any sign of their return. With only nine million survivors from a population of billions, humanity's survival is far from guaranteed...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about climate change and what makes him optimistic that the world can avoid the most dire effects of the climate crisis. Gates says, "We can work on a local,...
16) The lost colony
Author
Series
Long winter novels (A. G. Riddle) volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Can humanity survive on a new world? The last survivors of the human race escaped a ruined Earth. Their new homeworld--Eos--seemed perfect at first. Warm. Hospitable. Safe from the grid. But everything isn't as it seems. The first colony of settlers--from the Carthage--have disappeared. Their settlement is still there, but everyone is gone. As James digs into the mystery of the lost colony, he discovers a series of spheres, buried on Eos. Are they...
17) Winter world
Author
Series
Long winter novels (A. G. Riddle) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A new ice age on Earth. A mysterious object in space. And a desperate mission to save humanity from extinction. Each month, Earth grows colder. Snow falls in summer. Glaciers trample cities across North America, Europe, and Asia. Chaos erupts. Around the world, people abandon their homes, fleeing the cold, flocking to regions where they can survive the new ice age. Nations prepare to go to war for the world's last habitable zones.
18) Social Solutions
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Social Solutions seeks out what can be done to reverse climate change or prevent further damage. This title asks specifically what can governments, businesses, farmers, communities, consumers, and you can do. An emphasis is placed on working together and uniting towards a single, common goal. Facts, myths, and modern solutions are presented in clear, age-appropriate language. Readers learn what is being done to protect and live in the world of the...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In a near-future northern settlement, the fate of a young woman intertwines with those of a college professor and a collective of women soldiers in this mesmerizing and transportive novel in the vein of Station Eleven and The Power. In the far north of Canada, a team led by a visionary American architect is building a project called Camp Zero. With its fresh, clean air and cold climate, it's intended to be the beginning of a new community and a new...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired another self--a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? What if that double shared many of your preoccupations but, in a twisted, upside-down way, furthered the very causes you'd devoted your life to fighting against? Not long ago, the celebrated activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein had just such an experience--she was confronted with a doppelganger whose views she found abhorrent...
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