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"In 1956, the New York Times prophesied that once global warming really kicked in, we could see parrots in the Antarctic. In 2010, when science deniers had control of the climate story, Senator James Inhofe and his family built an igloo on the Washington Mall and plunked a sign on top: AL GORE'S NEW HOME: HONK IF YOU LOVE CLIMATE CHANGE. In The Parrot and the Igloo, best-selling author David Lipsky tells the astonishing story of how we moved from...
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"The Heat Will Kill You First is about the extreme ways in which our planet is already changing. It is about why spring is coming a few weeks earlier and fall is coming a few weeks later and the impact that will have on everything from our food supply to disease outbreaks. It is about what will happen to our lives and our communities when typical summer days in Chicago or Boston go from 90�F to 110�F. A heatwave, Goodell explains, is a predatory...
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Very short introductions volume 118
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
5) Ark
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English
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It's the year 2030. The oceans have risen rapidly, and soon the entire planet will be submerged. But the discovery of another life-sustaining planet light years away gives those who remain alive hope. Only a few will be able to make the journey-Holle Groundwater is one of the candidates. If she makes the cut, she will live. If not, she will be left to face a watery death...
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ABC-CLIO, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"The Climate Change Debate: A Reference Handbook provides an in-depth look at climate change facts and statistics. It also discusses those that disagree with the scientific consensus"-- Provided by publisher.
8) El tiempo
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Español
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Discover what causes the weather you experience everyday.
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Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
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English
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This documentary profiles people who are living with the grave consequences of a changing climate, as well as the individuals, communities and scientists inventing new approaches to safeguard our children's future. Filmed across the U.S., Asia and South America, this program brings the reality of climate change to life and offers viewers a variety of ways to make a difference in their own communities.
10) Death wave
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English
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Six-time Hugo Award winner Ben Bova chronicles the saga of humankind's expansion beyond the solar system in Death Wave
In the precursor to the Star Quest Trilogy, New Earth, Jordan Kell led the first human mission beyond the solar system. They discovered the ruins of an ancient alien civilization. But one alien AI survived, and it revealed to Jordan Kell that an explosion in the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy has created a wave of...
11) The climate book
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Greta Thunberg has gathered the wisdom of over one hundred experts--geophysicists, oceanographers and meteorologists; engineers, economists and mathematicians; historians, philosophers and indigenous leaders--to equip us all with the knowledge we need to combat climate disaster"-- Provided by publisher.
We are alive at the most decisive time in the history of humanity. The climate disaster is one of our biggest challenges--but also our greatest...
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BayView Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"If this is the end of the world, then what do we do?" This is the question at the heart of eighteen-year-old Joshua Wright's three-year quest for an answer. The film follows Joshua's journey into the environmental movement, featuring climate scientists, economists, frontline activists, and thought leaders reckoning with and seeking to find a way out of an accelerating environmental apocalypse.
14) Flood
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English
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Four hostages are finally released, but they face a world suddenly inundated as vast amounts of water is released from the earth's mantle. As the world's cities and countries disappear under the rising seas, humanity faces unimaginable global disaster.
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Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"John Houghton's definitive, full colour guide to climate change answers these questions and more by providing the best and latest information available, including the latest IPCC results. The simple, logical flow of ideas gives an invaluable grounding in the science, as well as the physical and human impacts of climate change, for undergraduate students across a wide range of disciplines."--Back of book.
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