Books with title Earth's changing climate

Global warming is a serious problem that can be seen everywhere from the shrinking glaciers of the North Pole to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. Readers explore the causes of climate problems and learn what is being done to stop the damage to Earths climates. Suggestions are provided for ways that readers can offer their own help to these efforts.

What is a fjord? Why have people chosen to live on coasts? How does pollution damage coastal wildlife? Landscapes and People explores the landforms that make up the world around us. This title explores coasts and explains how the landscape is formed and changed by wind and water, as well as how people and settlements change and are changed by the landscape. Finally, each title looks at how change in the environment is affecting the world's landscapes.

Climates have changed throughout Earth's history and will continue to change indefinitely. While some changes are brief, lasting only a few decades, others can plunge much of the planet into an icy wasteland or a steaming tropical jungle for hundreds, thousands, or even millions of years. Many factors contribute to both short- and long-term changes within the atmosphere, and scientists continue to study the agents that impact the changing conditions of Earth's climate. Changing Climates helps readers gain a better understanding of climate and the global warming issue by explaining how the atmosphere works, how and why climates have changed in the past, and the consequences of climate change.