Rising seas : flooding, climate change and our new world / text by Keltie Thomas ; art by Belle Wuthrich and Kath Boake W.
Material type: TextPublisher: Buffalo, NY ; Richmond Hill, ON : Firefly Books Ltd., [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780228100225
- 0228100224
- 9780228100218
- 0228100216
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 551.458 T458 | Available | 33111008892610 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 551.458 T458 | Checked out | 04/29/2024 | 33111009193455 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
2019 Silver Birch Non-fiction Honour Book
"This is an important book but we don't have time for its young readers to replace those in power. So read this book and then give grown-ups hell and demand something be done. It's your future that's at stake."
-- David Suzuki
The Earth's oceans are on the rise. Since 1900, global sea levels have risen steadily each year to a global average of about 8 inches (20cm) today, and they're still rising. By 2100, the sea could climb as much as 14 feet (4.3m) to 32 feet (9.75m).
Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World gives youth an eye-popping view of what the Earth might look like under the rising and falling water levels of climate change. Photographs juxtapose the present-day with that same area's projected future. The shocking images will help them understand the urgency for action. Key issues in today's news will be better understood, such as the 2015 Paris Protocol in which the world agreed to limit temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius (ideally 1.5 degree).
Includes bibliographical references (page 59) and index.
Earth is going under -- What's driving sea rise? -- What now, Earthlings? -- Miami Beach -- New Orleans -- New York -- Nova Scotia -- Lennox Island -- Greenland -- The Netherlands -- The Nile Delta -- The Maldives -- Mumbai -- Guangzhou -- Bangladesh -- The Marshall Islands -- Kiribati -- Antarctica -- What you can do -- Glossary.
The Earth's oceans are on the rise. Since 1900, global sea levels have risen steadily each year to a global average of about 8 inches (20cm) today, and they're still rising. By 2100, the sea could climb as much as 14 feet (4.3m) to 32 feet (9.75m). Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World gives youth an eye-popping view of what the Earth might look like under the rising and falling water levels of climate change. Photographs juxtapose the present-day with that same area's projected future. The shocking images will help them understand the urgency for action. Key issues in today's news will be better understood, such as the 2015 Paris Protocol in which the world agreed to limit temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius (ideally 1.5 degree).