greenhouse effect

After global warming causes the sea to rise until cities in England become islands, ten-year-old Zoe goes on a harrowing solitary boat journey to search for her parents.

Contains practical ways in which kids can help save the planet including turning off water and becoming involved in the community.

Provides information about global warming, discussing the causes and effects of warming climates, and offering suggestions on how to reverse the trend.

Examines global warming, discussing what causes it, the future of the planet's climate, ways to prevent it, and other related topics.

Explores the extent of the impending environmental crisis and outlines the Nobel Peace Prize-winning former vice president's comprehensive and urgent global strategy for implementing solutions to it.

Examines how engineers are producing new fuels to replace oil as well as creating new cars, buses, and other vehicles to limit global warming.

Uses science techniques to reconstruct what the Earth may have been like during a specific time period, based on its climatic conditions to reveal the evolution of climate throughout the Earth's history. Uses statistics, figures, and case studies. Includes side-bars, illustrations, color photographs, and a chronology.

Describes global warming cycles by focusing on past climate changes which put planet Earth in and out of ice ages. Contrasts natural cycles with today's global warming and points out the physical factors which shape earth's climate today.

Discusses the future of air quality and how pollutants impact it. Looks at the issue from a global perspective for readers from ninth grade through the twelfth.

Contains data on the scientific framework of earth's complex climate system. Describes the interaction of the atmosphere, land, and oceans along with the greenhouse effect. Also offers examples and statistics, figures, case studies, and sidebars giving evidence for the enormity of global warming issues.