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Overview

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing our nations today—but what is it? Hasn’t it always been happening? What is making it worse? Why do some people deny its happening? 

The concept of climate change and all of its implications is discussed as part of the What's the Issue series. What's the Issue asks ‘what’s all the fuss about?’ It reviews what is at stake when we think about climate change, with the aim of helping young people to understand this difficult subject and provide them with the tools to inform their own opinions on the issue. 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780711250307
Publisher: words & pictures
Publication date: 04/21/2020
Series: What's the Issue? Series , #3
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 7.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile: IG1090L (what's this?)
Age Range: 9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Tom Jackson is a leading science writer who has over twenty years of experience writing books, magazine, and newspaper articles, as well as pieces for online and for television. He writes about a wide range of subjects, but his specialties are natural history, technology, and all things scientific. Previous projects include collaborations with Sir Patrick Moore, Carol Vorderman, and "rock star" scientist, Brian May.

Cristina Guitian is an illustrator living and working in London, England. Her distinct style of hand-drawn characters and typography creates surreal worlds filled with hybrid creatures that won her a Bronze Award, Best of British illustration in 2009. Cristina has also created installations for Victoria Revealed, a permanent exhibition at Kensington Palace, London, and has been featured in the prestigious D&DA Annual.

Table of Contents

Author's note 05

Hot stuff, not cool 06

What's the weather doing? 08

Know your biomes 12

The greenhouse effect 16

The carbon cycle 18

Fossil fuels 20

Global warming 22

Other greenhouse gases 26

Climate denial 28

Natural climate changes 30

El Niño 34

Daisyworld 36

Modeling climate 38

Ancient climates 42

Rising sea levels 46

Acid in the sea 50

Tipping points 52

Another mass extinction? 54

Disease in a warming world 56

Hot food 58

Human disasters 62

Resource wars 66

Who's responsible? 68

Renewable energy 70

Reduce, reuse, recycle 76

Technological solutions 78

Climate engineering 82

Is plan B planet B? 84

Happy 2050? 86

Pros and cons 88

Mind map 90

Glossary 92

Find Out More 94

Index 96

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