| IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE The Past, Present, and Future of Climate Change Bridget Heos New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, February 2016 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-544-30347-8 | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-544-30347-4 | 231pp. | HC/FCI | $17.99 | |
| 1: | Introduction |
| 11: | Part One: Such a Perfect World |
| 12: | Chapter 1: The Greenhouse Effect |
| 19: | Chapter 2: How Climate Works |
| 28: | Part Two: To Understand the Future, We Have To Go Back in Time |
| 30: | Chapter 3: It All Started with a Big Bang |
| 46: | Chapter 4: Rise of the Planet of the Humans |
| 56: | Chapter 5: Humans + Fossil Fuels: A Love Story |
| 65: | Part Three: Is it Hot in Here, or Is it Just Me? How We Know the Earth Is Warming |
| 66: | Chapter 6: The Discovery of Global Warming |
| 74: | Chapter 7: The Evidence Today |
| 95: | Chapter 8: But How Do We Know that We're Causing Global Warming? |
| 101: | Chapter 9: How Are We Causing Global Warming? |
| 122: | Part Four: Nature and Human Nature |
| 124: | Chapter 10: Nature's Fury: How Hot? How Bad? |
| 138: | Chapter 11: So Should I Be Worried? |
| 148: | Chapter 12: The Politics of Global Warming |
| 156: | Chapter 13: A Little Less Talk, a Lot More Action |
| 171: | Part Five: Let's Do This! |
| 172: | Chapter 14: Be Efficient. B. E. Efficient |
| 186: | Chapter 15: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility |
| 196 | Glossary |
| 201 | For Further Reading |
| 202 | Notes |
| 204 | Select Bibliography |
| 218 | Photo Credits |
| 221 | Index |
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