Under the Weather: Stories About Climate Change
โ Scribed by Bradman, Tony] (editor)
- Book ID
- 108905567
- Publisher
- MBI
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 434 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781845079444
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
From the effects of rising sea levels to changes in animal behaviour and human lifestyles, these powerful stories portray the issues surrounding climate change in personal terms and so bring them vividly to life. Offering warnings and inspiration in equal measure, the stories cover a wide range of localities from Siberia and Canada to Australia, UK, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. Writers include award-winning Linda Newbery as well as exciting newcomers like Australia's George Ivanoff. Whether read from cover to cover or dipped into for one or two stories, this book will enlighten and inspire everyone to consider how climate change will affect us all.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
p>If catastrophes like Hurricane Sandy seem to be on the rise, it's for apparent reason. The likelihood of these extreme weather events are increasingly being tied to manmade global warming, mostly through overproduction of carbon dioxide. It's no longer an abstract idea; it's being felt locally, on
Estimation of changes in crop yields is currently based on projections of atmospheric General Circulation Models (GCM) and the use of crop simulators. Crop simulators require daily input of environmental variables. GCMs produce monthly projections of climatic variables. Our objective was to explore