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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 HermanMack, Molly
Summary: "The planet is getting warmer, and its affecting everything from the climate to sea levels. Its also affecting Earths inhabitantsplants, animals, and people alike. In this information-rich title, readers learn about the phenomenon of global warming and how rising temperatures impact the future of our planet. Age-appropriate text, fact boxes, and detailed photographs make this complex topic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.7 MACSigwalt, 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 SIGSummary: Documents a Danish expedition by a team of scientists to hitherto unexplored fjords in northeast Greenland, which, due to the seasonal melting of glacial ice due to global warming, are now accessible for a few weeks a year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EXP1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF EXP
Cole, 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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Place a hold to request this item.Gratz, Alan
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 GratzWeaver, Andrew J. (Andrew John)
Summary: Offers an introduction to the causes and effects of global warming, considers reasons for denying its existence, and discusses the threat it presents for the future and some possible solutions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raven Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.6 WEALevy, Debbie
Summary: "The Earth is facing a climate crisis that it can't fight on its own. Luckily, the Earth has another important power: the power of people! And people have the power to change, protect, innovate, and invent. Thanks to the power of nature and the ingenuity of people, change is in the air!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577 LEVSummary: 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: Listen to the scientists. That's the refrain of climate activist Greta Thunberg. Climate scientists explain how warming caused by human activity is setting in motion Earth's own natural warming mechanisms, releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and further warming the planet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Chicago suffered the worst heat disaster in U.S history in 1995, when 739 residents--mostly elderly and black--died over the course of one week. As Cooked links the deadly heat wave's devastation back to the underlying manmade disaster of structural racism, it delves deep into one of our nation's biggest growth industries: Disaster Preparedness. Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF COOSummary: "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 INCCopeland, Sebastian.
Summary: A collection of photographs documents the effect of global warming on the southern polar continent, in a volume that includes contributions by Will Steger, David De Rothschild, and Stephen Schneider.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Earth Aware 2007
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 998 COPGore, Albert
Summary: With this book, the author, former Vice President Al Gore brings together leading-edge research from top scientists around the world; photographs, charts, and other illustrations; and personal anecdotes and observations to document the fast pace and wide scope of global warming. He presents, with alarming clarity and conclusiveness - and with humor, too - that the fact of global warming is not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.7 GORHawken, 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 HAWHuddleston, Emma
Summary: Even if all greenhouse gas emissions stopped today, Earth would continue to feel the effects of climate change for a long time. This is why it is important to learn how to adapt to these changes. Adapting to Climate Change examines the things people can do to cope with a changing climate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.738 HUDWells, Robert E.
Summary: Uses simple language and colorful illustrations to explain global warming to young children, including coverage of the role of fossil fuels in the warming of the atmosphere, the importance of Arctic ice, and suggestions for saving energy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman 2008