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Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"Humanity's impact on the natural world can have disastrous effects. Melting Arctic Ice shines a light on how climate change is affecting Earth's polar region. With abundant charts and diagrams and large-format photos, this title explores the science behind greenhouse gases, polar sea ice, and rising sea levels, and considers actions people and governments can take to try to improve the situation. Features include a flow chart showing the disaster's...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
In the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding. This was accompanied by shifts in ocean circulation and unexpected changes in weather patterns throughout the world. The Arctic's perennially frozen ground, known as permafrost, was warming, and treeless tundra was being overtaken by shrubs. What was going on? Brave New Arctic is Mark Serreze's riveting firsthand account of how scientists from around the...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Hälle Flygare's interest in photography and wildlife began as a young man in Sweden. After his military service, he emigrated to Canada and pursued a forestry career and worked for Parks Canada. This book reflects his lifelong interest in photography and wildlife. For this book he obtained additional pictures from the very best wildlife photographers to showcase the greatest wilderness on earth. Dr. Valerius Geist, Dr. Geoffrey Holroyd and Dr. Wayne...
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