Global Warming

by Debra A. Miller (Editor)

Overview

Editor Debra A. Miller has chosen the primary source writings in this book to provide your readers with a broad array of liberal, conservative, and centrist views on global warming. Written by respected experts in the field, these essays present important opinions on topics such as fossil fuel use and green energy investment. Different viewpoints are organized into a question-and-response format in each chapter, allowing readers to easily summarize them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737762297
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	02/23/2013
Series:	Current Controversies Series
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	15 - 17 Years

Editorial Reviews

Gr 8 Up

Complex factors are involved in any discussion of climate change, and although it is considered the most threatening of all concerns involving our planet, the variety of opinions and studies available to students can be confusing. This work attempts to provide information on the possible causes of global warming, the current and future effects, and solutions, and considers ways to prepare for the inevitable. Although the author repeatedly affirms that the vast majority of scientists and studies confirm ongoing warming, she does give many opportunities for deniers to voice their opinions. General information regarding solar, wind, and geothermal energy is included, as is the usual list of personal-habit changes that may, if followed worldwide, alleviate or defer the problem. The text seems somewhat dated in the discussions of Bush administration ideas being current policy and has no discussion of the effects of agribusiness and methane on global warming. The annotated bibliography is up-to-date to 2007.-Eva Elisabeth VonAncken, Trinity-Pawling School, Pawling, NY

School Library Journal

Review: Global Warming "This work attempts to provide information on the possible causes of global warming, the current and future effects, and solutions, and considers ways to prepare for the inevitable."—School Library Journal, April 2009

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