Pub Date: March 1, 2012
Dewey: 363.738
Lexile Code: 1270
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: 14 to UP
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 6.90" L x 4.90" W ( 0.30 lbs) 144 pages
BISAC Categories:
Science | Environmental Science see also Chemistry | Environmental | Nature | Environmental Conservation and Protection
Series: Groundwork Guides
Description:
Revised and updated edition
Scientists have been warning the world about global warming for almost three decades. But the rest of us are only now starting to get the message. The planet is warming at an unusually rapid rate, and this warming is largely being caused by human activity. Shrinking glaciers, thawing permafrost, erratic weather and threatened freshwater supplies are already affecting the lives of people around the globe, and the worst is yet to come.
The crisis is real, but there is little consensus about how to confront the problem, not only because the science is complex, but because the economic, political and social implications of taking action are vast, far-reaching and unsettling. And despite the urgency, climate change deniers seem to be more vocal than ever.
This revised and updated edition includes the most recent scientific findings while addressing the main issues. What is happening, and how did we get here? What is the basic science behind climate change? What is going to happen in the future? And, most important, why is it so hard for us to accept what is going on, and what can we do about it?
Charts, maps, a glossary, an index and suggestions for further reading accompany the text.
Brief description:
SHELLEY TANAKA is an award-winning author, translator and editor who has written and translated more than forty books for children and young adults. She is faculty emerita at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the MFA Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Shelley lives in Kingston, Ontario.
Review Quotes: A Booklist Top 10 Youth Series - Nonfiction, 2007
A Maine State Library Cream of the Crop List, 2007 A Booklist Top 5 Series Title on Global Warming, 2007 A CCBC Our Choice (Starred Selection), 2007 If a library can only afford one book on the subject, this title in the Groundwork Guides series is a terrific choice. With its small trim size and Tanaka's concise and lucid prose, this provides an excellent overview of what is happening and why, and what needs to be done on an individual and global scale. Includes source notes as well as a glossary and further reading list. --Booklist The authors express strong viewpoints that are sure to jolt readers into ready agreement or opposition ... These concise, straightforward titles are important additions to all collections. --School Library Journal Each of the four well-written and engaging books in this valuable series provides a foundation for understanding an important subject relevant to current world stability and peace. --Library Media Connection