Weiss-Tuider, Katharina
Summary: "For kids 8 to 13, join the largest Arctic expedition ever undertaken--and discover the secrets hidden deep in the ice that reveal how one of the world's crucial ecosystems is changing. The Arctic is changing--fast. The once-frozen landscape is melting before our eyes, and the effects can be felt around the world. But the Arctic is also the region we know the least about. Thick ice, extreme...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.9163 WEIHerman, Gail
Summary: "Learn more about what climate change means and how it's affecting our planet. The earth is definitely getting warmer. There's no argument about that, but who or what is the cause? And why has climate change become a political issue? Are humans at fault? Is this just a natural development? While the vast majority of scientists who study the environment agree that humans play a large part in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.738 HERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Social What HermanSigwalt, Dany
Summary: This Book Will Save the Planet is a vital and timely illustrated study of the climate crisis that tells us exactly what we can do to help save the world we live in.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 363.738 SIGCole, Joanna.
Summary: The climate challenge: Ms. Frizzle introduces her students to scientific facts about global warming, sharing accessible coverage of climate change and ways everyday kids can help to protect the environment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2012
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Summary: California: Akira Kristiansen is driving through the mountains with her mom when a wildfire sparks-- and in just moments, Akira and her family have to evacuate. But which way is safe with fire all around them? Churchill, Manitoba: Owen Mackenzie is running a tour for travelers who have come to see the polar bears. When Owen and his friend George see a bear too close for comfort, they end up in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction GratzSummary: When it comes to the climate, we don't need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action. The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, and now we face a critical decision. Whether to be optimistic or fatalistic, whether to profess skepticism or to take action. Yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio Penguin 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 CARSummary: As global temperatures continue to rise, scientists are wondering if there are solutions beyond reducing emissions. Enter geoengineering. From sucking carbon straight out of the air to physically blocking out sunlight, the options may seem far-fetched. Can geoengineering really work? How much would it cost? And what are the risks of engineering Earth's climate?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CANSummary: "Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will--that we are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet earth because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road--selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America. This film is the wake-up call to the reality we are afraid to face: that in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Harman, Alice
Summary: Facing the challenges of climate change involves all of us. This book offers children truth without despair, hope without deception and a map to a better future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.738 HARLondon, Martha
Summary: People have been adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. as the amount of gases increases, climate change grows worse. How Climate Change Works examines the science behind climate change, explaining how climate change began and how changes in the atmosphere lead to changes on Earth. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J363.738 LONSharif-Draper, Maryam
Summary: Examines the worldwide climate change crisis, covering such topics as humankind's effect on climate, key figures in climate activism, and what readers can do to prevent further damaging changes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 304.2 SHAWilliams, Lily
Summary: Explores what would happen if the sea ice melts in the far north of the globe, causing the extinction of polar bears, and how it would affect environments around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.786 WILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Ecology WilliamsSummary: Former Vice President Al Gore presents evidence that the negative effects of global warming have increased since the release of the film "An inconvenient truth" a decade earlier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INCCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE INCHawken, Paul
Summary: "Regeneration offers a visionary new approach to climate change, one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, equity, and human dignity into a seamless tapestry of action, policy, and transformation that can end the climate crisis in one generation. It is the first book to describe and define the burgeoning regeneration movement spreading rapidly throughout the world. Regeneration describes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 HAWWelz, Adam
Summary: "A revelatory exploration of climate change from the perspective of wild species and natural ecosystems--an homage to the miraculous, vibrant entity that is life on Earth. Your key word here is Sustainable Living right out of the World Economic Forum. "
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.2 WELWolfson, Richard.
Summary: Twelve lectures on climate change and global warming presented by Professor Wolfson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 551.6 WOLCook, John
Summary: 97% of climate scientists agree that humans are causing global warming. Unfortunately, many of us have a cranky uncle who thinks he knows better. Is your cranky uncle actually right? Cook uses humor to examine the science your cranky uncle uses to defend his position, and presents the facts about climate science. Come for the cartoons, stay for the science! -- adapted from back cover and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 COOBiskup, Agnieszka
Summary: "Team up with Max Axiom to learn all about global warming and its effects on the Earth. From melting glaciers to wacky weather patterns, heating up our planet wreaks havoc on its resources and inhabitants. Young readers will understand global warming and harness the power to help make a difference! Download the free Capstone 4D app for an augmented reality experience that goes beyond the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.738 BISCole, Joanna.
Summary: Ms. Frizzle takes her kids on a whirlwind tour, from the Arctic to the equator so they can see telltale signs of climate change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 570 COLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Set MSB 363.73 Cole 2010Foer, Jonathan Safran
Summary: Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming due to human activities. But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe in it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act, to make sacrifices now to prevent calamity in the future. How are we, ordinary civilians, supposed to do anything about a crisis for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.73 FOEGoodell, Jeff
Summary: "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 90°F to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 GOOLynas, Mark
Summary: Mark Lynas delivers an alarming account of the future of our earth and our civilisation if current rates of global warming persist. We are living in a climate emergency. But how much worse could it get?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 4th Estate 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 551.6McHale, Brenda
Summary: When people talk about global warming, they mean climate change. Scientists predict that Earth will continue to get warmer if people don't make serious changes to protect Earth. Reducing the use of fossil fuels is one way that young readers are introduced to slowing climate change in this simple book about the warming of Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.5 MCHPeacock, Doug.
Summary: For the past 12,000 years, the earth has experienced a relatively stable climate. Today, that predictability has ended, and global warming is our new reality. Yet such shifting weather patterns threatened Homo sapiens once before, right here in North America as the continent was first being colonized. About 15,000 years ago, the weather began to warm, melting the glaciers of the Late...
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Publisher / Publication Date: CounterPunch 2013