Everyone has heard about global warming and the hole in the ozone layer. This book brings this very real danger to life for young readers, though, through this compelling graphic format. The dangers of global warming are discussed as well as ways each of us can play a part in keeping Earth healthy and safe for many generations to come.
Discusses the ozone layer, the effect of ultraviolet radition on living things, and the casues and effects of global warming, through a fictional story in graphic novel format about a group of teenagers at the beach.
Everyone has heard about global warming and the hole in the ozone layer. This book brings this very real danger to life for young readers, though, through this compelling graphic format. The dangers of global warming are discussed as well as ways each of us can play a part in keeping Earth healthy and safe for many generations to come.
Science Is Never "Settled" Thousands of scientists are convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that recent global warming is being caused by emissions of greenhouse gases and that we must act immediately to reduce these emissions or else we may render Earth unlivable for our children and our grandchildren. Some even say "the science is settled." What Really Causes Global Warming examines a broad range of observations that show that greenhouse warming theory is not only misguided, but not physically possible. Recent warming was caused by ozone depletion due to emissions of human-manufactured gases. We solved that problem with the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer stopping the increase in global temperatures by 1998. Volcanoes also deplete ozone. The eruption of Bárðarbunga volcano in central Iceland from August 2014 to February 2015--the largest effusive, basaltic, volcanic eruption since 1783--caused 2015 to be the hottest year on record. How can we adapt? "The work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right, which means that he or she has results that are verifiable by reference to the real world."--Michael Crichton, 2003
Ozone depletion in the stratosphere and increases in greenhouse gases in the troposphere are both subjects of growing concernâ€"even alarmâ€"among scientists, policymakers, and the public. At the same time, recent data show that these atmospheric developments are interconnected and in turn profoundly affect climatic conditions. This volume presents the most up-to-date data and theories available on ozone depletion, greenhouse gases, and climatic change. These questions and more are addressed: What is the current understanding of the processes that destroy ozone in the atmosphere? What role do greenhouse gases play in ozone depletion?
Discusses the damage to the ozone layer created by the dispersal of chemicals into the atmosphere and how pollutants may be causing the earth's climate to change due to the Greenhouse effect.
