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[2024]
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"Living in the Pacific Northwest in winter and the Southeastern United States in winter will be two very different experiences. In Oregon, it'll be rainy and cool. In Florida, it's often a pleasant temperature and sunny! These places are in different climate zones, a fact readers learn all about in this book. Readers learn the main features of Earth's climate zones, including the tropical, temperate, polar, Mediterranean, highland, and arid zones....
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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Publisher's description: Climate change is now doing far more harm than marooning polar bears on melting chunks of ice--it is damaging the health of people around the world. Brilliantly connecting stories of real people with cutting-edge scientific and medical information, Changing Planet, Changing Health brings us to places like Mozambique, Honduras, and the United States for an eye-opening on-the-ground investigation of how climate change is altering...
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Series
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Dude, I am Ocean. You know my many names: Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, Southern. It's all excellent me. My salt water flows across the planet as one. I have no flag. No nationality. My waves are for all. Life on Earth began in my epic waters. I keep the global climate just right. And I have rad secrets. But I'm facing a major wipeout! Only by working together can we get back in the zone. It's you and me, dudes."--publisher
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Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Presents discussion and debate on the topic of global warming, including whether it is caused by human activity or natural causes, if it is a serious risk to humanity and other life on the planet, melting of polar ice caps, greenhouse gas emissions, long-term effects of global warming, and the Kyoto Protocol.
97) Weather
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Series
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses such aspects of weather as wind, rainbows, and climate and presents a variety of experiments and other activities involving the weather.
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Pub. Date
c2004
Description
There are few thrills as exciting as weather at its worst. We often hear on the news that the day was the hottest, coldest, wettest, or snowiest on record. Is the climate really becoming more extreme as a result of global warming? The facts are in this book. Extensively illustrated with color photographs of some of the most extreme weather ever captured on camera, dozens of color maps, and tables of weather records for over three hundred U.S. cities,...
99) The greatest polar expedition of all time: the Arctic mission to the epicenter of climate change
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Pub. Date
2022
Description
"A captain's tell-all about the world's largest Arctic expedition--an illuminating account of seafaring adventure, Arctic natural history, and cutting-edge climate science. The book about the Mosaic Expedition: as seen in the documentary film Arctic Drift, Atmospheric scientist Markus Rex recounts the monumental Arctic expedition he captained for one year in this gripping and authoritative book. A groundbreaking step towards understanding the climate...
100) Nature's wonders
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Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"Nature is amazing! It's full of secrets and incredible things. In this book you can find the answer to questions like: What is thunder?, How do plants eat?, What is a fossil?, How do fish breathe?, Why do some animals sleep all winter?. You will read lots of fascinating information and see lots of beautiful full-color illustraions on climate, the Earth, the sea, plants, and animals,"--
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