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Title:

Global warming / Saddleback Educational Publishing.

Publisher:

Saddleback Educational Publishing ;

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

64 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Global warming--Juvenile literature.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric--Juvenile literature.
Plants--Effect of global warming on--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Global warming : an introduction--Earth is getting hotter--The Greenhouse Effect--Greenhouse gases--Ozone layer depletion--The carbon cycle--The Kyoto protocol--Climate change--Severe weather--Heat waves--Earlier spring--Heavy rain--Heat harms the atmosphere--Heat increases hurricane strength--Arctic ice melting--Worldwide pollution--Air pollution--Liquid petroleum gas--Public transportation--Permafrost--Green homes--Collaborative housing--Deforestation and altering the carbon balance--Fossil fuels--Ocean acidification--Population shifts of plants and animals--Fire--CFLs--Indoor air pollution--Facts and figures--Index--Glossary.

Summary:

Introduces readers to global warming and the causes.

Series:

Think green

ISBN:

1599054760
9781599054766 (lib. bdg.) :

LCCN:

2008108382

Locations:

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)