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Author
Series
Publisher
EarthAware Kids
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Climate change is an important, yet complicated, subject. Beautiful illustrations from noted picture book illustrator Dragan Kordic combine with a straightforward narrative from science writer Tom Jackson to make this an enticing, fascinating, and illuminating read."--
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Zacharias Harker is a brilliant botanist and an aging recluse. Haunted by his mistakes and living without his wife and daughter for the past twenty years, he hatches the idea to write his magnum opus, a book on the implications of climate change for humanity focused on the wildflowers of Utah's Wasatch Mountains. Just prior to the tragedy of 9/11, he hires a young artist, Alba, to paint flowers for the book. Over the course of their unlikely friendship,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The works of the great writer-environmentalists Edward Abbey and Wallace Stegner now seem prophetic, as population and climate changes threaten to destroy the land they loved. Following in their footsteps, prize-winning author David Gessner takes us on a deeply informed, eye-opening, and inspiring journey as he reawakens the thrill - and lasting importance - of their words, and renews his own commitment to the wild.
Author
Publisher
QEB Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
From the icy poles to the evergreen rainforests, life has found a way to flourish in nearly every environment on Earth. This book explores the startling discoveries of new life forms in extreme environments, such as the strange worlds of the ocean depths. Whilst marvelling the world around us, it also confronts the human impact on the environment. The mounting evidence for global warming is explored and challenges us to work towards a more sustainable...
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