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Climate change / author, John Woodward.

Summary:

Eyewitness Climate Change explains why human activities are making the planet heat up--and how we know for sure that this is the case. The book explores the effects of the changing climate, from more frequent hurricanes and wildfires to melting ice caps and rising sea levels. It shows how scientists predict how the climate will change in the future and what actions we can all take to combat climate change

Record details

  • ISBN: 074403681X
  • ISBN: 0744039061
  • ISBN: 9780744036817
  • ISBN: 9780744039061
  • ISBN: 9781685051259
  • Physical Description: 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.
  • Edition: American edition. New edition. Revised edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Earth's climate -- The greenhouse effect -- Checks and balances -- Natural climate change -- Human impact -- Burning the forests -- Fossil fuels -- Our carbon culture -- Adding to the problem -- Heatwaves and droughts -- Melting ice -- Warming oceans -- Oceanic research -- Living with the heat -- Plight of the polar bear -- Climate models -- This century -- What scares the scientists? -- Who is most vulnerable? -- Adapting to climate change -- Combating climate change -- Cutting the carbon -- Nuclear power -- Renewable enery -- Power for the people -- Energy efficiency -- Green transport -- Your carbon footprint -- Greenhouse-gas producers.
Subject:
Climatic changes > Juvenile literature.
Environmental protection > Juvenile literature.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Illustrated works.
Instructional and educational works.

Available copies

  • 41 of 43 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 43 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library J363.738 WOO (Text) 36015000451597 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Swansboro Branch Library J363.738 WOO (Text) 36015000449583 Juvenile Nonfiction Checked out 08/11/2026