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"The Drowned World imagines a terrifying world in which global warming has melted the ice caps and primordial jungles have overrun a tropical London. Set during the year 2145, this novel follows biologist Dr. Robert Kearns and his team of scientists as they confront a cityscape in which nature is on the rampage and giant lizards, dragonflies, and insects fiercely compete for domination."--Provided by publisher.

"Arctic ice is melting, sea levels are rising and glaciers are shrinking at alarming rates. The Earth is getting unmistakably warmer. But is this vast potentially catastrophic climate change the result of human behavior? Or is it simply the Earth's natural cycle of warming and cooling periods that have occurred since the planet formed? The History Channel offers an in-depth study of the science behind this controversial hot-button issue" --dvd container....

Climate change is an issue that affects all living things on Earth, but the specifics of the issue are often spoken and written about using complex scientific language, making it difficult for young people to fully grasp why it is such a critical problem. When presented in an accessible way, however, readers are able to gain a deeper understanding of the causes and effects of climate change, as well as why they should care about this issue. Striking,...

The Last Boy isthe gripping tale of Danny Driscoll, a huggable, enchanting five-year-old boy who, on a normal October afternoon, disappears from his daycare in Ithaca, New York. A search continues through the winter, but few clues come forth to explain the boy's disappearance. Then, as spring approaches without any new developments in the case, a miracle occurs... one that leaves the people of Ithaca with a new set of questions, and a mystery that...

Join scientists, from around the globe, as they use modern technology to study extreme weather, both past and present, in hopes of predicting how climate change will affect our future.

This videodisc focuses on climate change shown through time-lapse cameras set by internationally acclaimed photojournalist James Balog, who has placed equipment in more than two dozen glacial locations in the northern hemisphere in order to assess the impact of global warming on the cryosphere.

Chronicles the effects of global warming in the United States.

An investigation of the climate change misinformation campaign waged by the oil industry and its funded think-tanks. Exposes how a small number of well paid spokespeople have worked to confuse the public and lawmakers on the issue.

A sea turtle hatched in 1959 spends the next fifty years swimming the oceans, searching for the love of his life, and watching how global warming changed the planet.

Documents the Bush administration's censorship of a climatologist whose work demonstrated the dangers of global warming, in an account that explains the scientific principles behind global warming and identifies ways to prevent an environmental disaster.