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Is it hot enough for you? : global warming heats up.

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Franklin Watts, 2009.

Global warming -- Juvenile literature.

Greenhouse gases -- Juvenile literature.

24/7, behind the headlines.

9780531220016 (pbk.)

053122001X (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Global warming heats up

64 p. : col., 23 cm.

"Franklin Watts".

"Special edition"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 59), Internet addresses (p. 58-59), and index.

Global Warming: FAQs 6 -- Global Warming: Facts & Figures 8 -- 2000: Meltdown! 10 -- 2001: Tales From The Ice 14 -- 2002: Does My Gas Cause Global Warming? 18 -- 2003: Clean and Green 21 -- 2004: Tornadoes Destroy L.A.! 24 -- 2005: The Wildest Season -- 2006: A Changing Sea 33 -- 2007: Who's Warming The Air? 41 -- 2008: Across The Ice 51 -- 2009 And Beyond: What You Can Do 55.

Discusses global warming, including its causes and effects, and the steps being taken to prevent it. Global warming is changing the planet-and the lives of everyone on it. There's still time to solve the crisis, but the clock is ticking. Seven of the warmest years on record have occurred since 2001. Ice caps are shrinking. Heat waves and droughts are more intense. Hurricanes and floods are more destructive.

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