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2017.
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English
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"What if Atlantis wasn't a myth, but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding? Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels, and higher and higher tides pushing more water directly into the places we live, from our most vibrant, historic cities to our last remaining traditional coastal villages. With each crack in the great ice sheets of the Arctic and Antarctica, and each tick upwards of Earth's...
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2022.
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English
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"In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry Lopez, a powerful, poetic and deeply absorbing account of the "lung" at the top of the world. For the last fifty years, the trees of the boreal forest have been moving north. Ben Rawlence's The Treeline takes us along this critical frontier of our warming planet from Norway to Siberia, Alaska to Greenland, to meet the scientists, residents and trees confronting huge geological changes. Only the hardest...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xviii, 266 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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Including essays by Lydia Millet, Alexandra Kleeman, Omar El Akkad and others, this collection from literary writers around the world offer timely, haunting first-person reflections on how climate change has altered their lives.
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
x, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"As new groundbreaking research suggests that climate change played a major role in the most extreme catastrophes in the planet's history, award-winning science journalist Peter Brannen takes us on a wild ride through the planet's five mass extinctions and, in the process, offers us a glimpse of our increasingly dangerous future."-- From publisher's website.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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A petty thief known as John Smith was arrested for fraudulent behavior in 1877. He tricked women into thinking he was rich, then stole their belongings and vanished. His guilt was obvious. In 1852, Adler and Adolf Beck's father died on an expedition to a glacier, and their lives separated. One became a respected climate scientist, one a successful opera singer touring the world. Or so he claimed. But both remained in touch, if only to share the mysterious...
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2023.
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x, 385 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"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 90F to 110F. A heatwave, Goodell explains, is a predatory event--one...
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A thrilling queer debut novel set several decades in the future and following an unforgettable cast of characters as they become swept up into a strange and exclusive new society. The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each other, it's hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world. Soon, it won't be safe outside at all. The only people guaranteed survival...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
44 pages, unnumbered sequence of pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Did you know that the past five years have been the hottest ever recorded? Or that over seven million people participated in the global Climate Strike? We're facing a very real problem, but there's hope.
10) Weather
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Nerdy babies volume 4
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"In Nerdy Babies: Weather, follow our intrepid babies into the eye of the storm. Experience sunshine, wind, rain, and other weather patterns. Plus, learn about how we predict the weather in this simple text written in question and answer format."-- Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2024.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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"Climate change is a topic that can be overwhelming for kids and grownups. So if you're looking for a place to better understand the climate crisis, look no further! This book will give kids the facts about climate change, explain what the state of our planet is, how it got there, and give them hope to fight for their future." -- back cover.
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Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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"Flight Behavior transfixes from its opening scene, when a young woman's narrow experience of life is thrown wide with the force of a raging fire. In the lyrical language of her native Appalachia, Barbara Kingsolver bares the rich, tarnished humanity of her novel's inhabitants and unearths the modern complexities of rural existence. Characters and reader alike are quickly carried beyond familiar territory here, into the unsettled ground of science,...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
319 pages : illustrations, color, black & white, color map ; 23 cm
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English
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"...a daring call to action that details how the future of human civilization is under threat--and offers concrete advice for making your voice heard in the fight to solve the climate crisis at a moment when the solutions we need are emerging around the world."--Page 4 of cover.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Funny, thoughtful, and deeply moving-with a unique blend of fantasy and actual science-this novel explores both personal grief in the face of family loss and collective grief in the face of climate crisis, and how the only way to move forward is through friendship of all kinds.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"With fires devastating much of America, Lark and his family first leave their home in Maryland for Maine. But as the country increasingly falls under the grip of religious nationalism, it becomes clear that nowhere is safe, not just from physical disasters but also persecution. The family secures a place on a crowded boat headed to Ireland, the last place on earth rumored to be accepting American refugees. Upon arrival, it turns out that the safe...
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Pub. Date
2010.
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352 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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The lives and fates of three civilizations separated in time become intertwined as the forces behind an indestructible and massive canal 2,000 miles long and spanning the mid-continent of Earth react to a plot to overthrow the world government, and three teams of scientists find their lives changed beyond belief.
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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A polar bear waits patiently for spring when the ice breaks up, but after months of hunting, paddling, and resting on ice floes, summer ends and the bear must swim very far to find land. Includes facts about polar bears and the effect of climate change on their environment.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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190 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Are you concerned about climate change? The bad news is, global warming is a real problem that won't go away on its own. But the good news is, there are lots of easy ways you can get involved and make a difference! From swapping your stuff to assigning your school some eco-homework, helping to save the planet is within your reach. Arm yourself with info about our changing world, become an eco-hero and take control of your future....
20) The climate book
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English
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Publisher Annotation: We still have time to change the world. From Greta Thunberg, the world's leading climate activist, comes the essential handbook for making it happen. 464pp., 100K
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