Hot Planet - Anna Claybourne

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Résumé :
A powerful look at the climate change crisis

Biographie:
Anna Claybourne has written over 150 children's books on all kinds of subjects, from sharks, black holes and splitting the atom to how to draw, Shakespeare's life, and Greek myths and legends. She knows a lot about conservation in the rain forests of Costa Rica as she once volunteered there for three months. She likes space, sewing and music, plays the trombone and loves going camping.

Sommaire:

• 1: The heat is on
• 2: Greenhouse Earth
• 3: How it happened
• 4: Burning fuel
• 5: CASE STUDY: Air travel
• 6: Farming and warming
• 7: Changing the weather
• 8: Melting ice
• 9: CASE STUDY: Okjokull glacier
• 10: Impact on wildlife
• 11: CASE STUDY: Coral in trouble
• 12: Impacts on humans
• 13: CASE STUDY: Super Typhoon Haiyan
• 14: What can the world do?
• 15: What can you do?
• 16: Transport revolution
• 17: Power sources
• 18: Future farming
• 19: Science solutions
• 20: A cooler future?
• 21: Glossary
• 22: Further reading
• 23: Index