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Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing our nations today - but what is it? Hasn't it always been happening? What is making it worse? Why do some people deny its happening?
The concept of climate change and all of its implications is discussed as part of the What's the Issue series. What's the Issue asks 'what's all the fuss about?' It reviews what is at stake when we think about climate change, with the aim of helping young people to understand this difficult subject and provide them with the tools to inform their own opinions on the issue.
Contents
Author's note
Hot stuff, not cool
What's the weather doing?
Know your biomes
The greenhouse effect
The carbon cycle
Fossil fuels
Global warming
Other greenhouse gases
Climate denial
Natural climate changes
El Niño
Daisyworld
Modeling climate
Ancient climates
Rising sea levels
Acid in the sea
Tipping points
Another mass extinction?
Disease in a warming world
Hot food
Human disasters
Resource wars
Who's responsible?
Renewable energy
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Technological solutions
Climate engineering
Is plan B planet B?
Happy 2050?
Pros and cons
Mind map
Glossary
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Index