Includes bibliographical references (page 45) and index.
Contents:
Our atmosphere : what control's Earth's temperature? -- A history of the climate : what were Earth's atmosphere and temperature like in the past? -- Energy from earth : how do the resources we use affect the atmosphere? -- The big truth: Your carbon footprint : How do your activities contribute to the greenhouse effect? -- Heating the planet : how is Earth's temperature changing now?
Summary:
"What controls Earth's temperature? How do the changes happening now compare to those that have happened in the past? This book lays out how the makeup of Earth's atmosphere can affect everything living beneath it, and how human activities - from cutting down trees to burning fossil fuels - are changing the climate worldwide."-- provided by publisher.
Series:
True book Understanding climate change A true book
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