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Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hushpuppy is a six-year-old living in an isolated bayou community. When her father Wink becomes ill, she sets off for the outside world in an attempt to help him. The journey to save her father is delayed by a 'busted' universe that reverses weather patterns and brings about long-extinct animals. Can Hushpuppy save the day?
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (457 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As Season One ended, so did the revolution, with Layton emerging as Snowpiercer's leader and another threat to the survivors fast approaching in the form of a rival train. In Season Two, Mr. Wilford arrives, bringing a secret from Melanie's past. A new power struggle emerges, causing a dangerous rift as people are divided between their loyalties to Layton and to Mr. Wilford, who has a new train, new technology and a game plan that keeps everyone guessing....
83) Wacky weather
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
45 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
With a little help from Thing One and Thing Two, the Cat in the Hat travels the planet and beyond to introduce beginning readers to 17 strange but true weather events, among them waterspouts, dust devils, ball lightning, snow donuts, fire whirls, red sprites, sundogs, ice tsunamis, clouds shaped like UFOs and cinnamon rolls, diamond rain, metallic snow, and a storm so wide three Earths could fit INSIDE it!
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
150 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
"A meditative, immersive take on the weather around us. Sophisticated nonfiction picture book with informational content. Illustrated with striking atmospheric paintings. Includes calls to action for the reader, inviting them to observe and inquire about the outdoors. Through four chapters-sun, rain, ice and snow, and extreme weather-- this book explores different weather phenomena, from rainbows and sunsets to clouds, frost, and rainstorms. Evocative...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A polar bear waits patiently for spring when the ice breaks up, but after months of hunting, paddling, and resting on ice floes, summer ends and the bear must swim very far to find land. Includes facts about polar bears and the effect of climate change on their environment.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Over millions of years, organisms in Antarctica-- one of the most extreme environments on Earth-- have evolved in amazing ways that enable them to thrive on the ice, in the ice, and under the ice. How is climate change affecting the creatures that live in this frozen world? Even in the intensely cold, windy, and dry environment of Antarctica, a wide variety of wildlife-- from the massive swarms of krill in the Southern Ocean to the throngs of penguins...
87) Save the climate
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Save the Climate is a beautifully designed reader all about the causes and effects of climate change, and what everyone can do to help"--
88) The deluge
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
880 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In 2013 California, environmental scientist Tony Pietrus, after receiving a death threat, is linked to a colorful cast of characters, including a brazen young activist who, in the mountains of Wyoming, begins a project that will alter the course of the decades to come.
89) The weather book
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
184 pages : color illustrations, color maps, color portraits ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Packed with amazing facts, photos and illustrations, this book will take you on an incredible journey through the world of weather and climate--from hurricanes to heatwaves, deserts to rainforests, and snowstorms to sunny spells. You'll discover the causes of different types of weather and climate, learn the secrets of weather forecasting, and marvel at extreme, record-breaking weather events. This book will also look at how we harness the incredible...
90) Extreme ice
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
91) Becoming human
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's...investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and...computer-generated animation, [these programs] bring early hominids to life, examining how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today...In the first episode...encounter..."Selam,"...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (459 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a perpetually-moving train that circles the globe, where class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out.
94) A winter grave
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
It is the year 2051. Warnings of climate catastrophe have been ignored, and vast areas of the planet are under water, or uninhabitably hot. A quarter of the world's population has been displaced by hunger and flooding, and immigration wars are breaking out around the globe as refugees pour into neighboring countries. By contrast, melting ice sheets have brought the Gulf Stream to a halt and northern latitudes, including Scotland, are being hit by...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
380 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Disasterology, Dr. Montano, a disaster researcher, brings readers with her on an eye-opening journey through some of our worst disasters, helping readers make sense of what really happened from a emergency management perspective. She explains why we aren't doing enough to prevent or prepare for disasters, the critical role of media, and how our approach to recovery was not designed to serve marginalized communities. Now that climate change is...
96) The story of more: how we got to climate change and where to go from here : adapted for young adults
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
viii, 199 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young adult adaptation of Hope Jahren's nonfiction work, The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where We Go from Here"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ash and Pia move from hipster Brooklyn to rustic Vermont in search of a more authentic life. But just months after settling in, the forecast of a superstorm disrupts their dream. Fear of an impending disaster splits their tight-knit community and exposes the cracks in their marriage. Where Isole was once a place of old farm families, rednecks and transplants, it now divides into paranoid preppers, religious fanatics and government tools, each...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
414 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In May 2016, the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, burned to the ground, forcing 88,000 people to flee their homes. It was the largest evacuation ever of a city in the face of a forest fire, raising the curtain on a new age of increasingly destructive wildfires. This book is a suspenseful account of one of North America's most devastating forest fires--and a stark exploration of our dawning era of climate catastrophes"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Set the children in your life on a lifelong path to learning with the next installment of the Baby University board book series. Full of scientific information, this is the perfect book to teach complex concepts in a simple, engaging way. Climate Change for Babies is a colorfully simple introduction for youngsters (and grown-ups!) to what climate change is and what we can do about it. It's never too early to become a scientist!"--
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