Saturday, October 29, 2011

Climate Change


Title:Climate Change
Author: John Woodward
ISBN: 9780756637712
Series: DK Eyewitness

Summary
This book will teach readers what is global warming and what can be done to it stop it. It starts with some basic information about the earth and the climate, as such as the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. The human is the cause the global warming, such as the fossil fuels. Some of the effects of global warming are heatwaves and droughts, and ices melting. The increase of temperature is causing damage to the eco system. The book gives a prediction of the future climates, and what further problems might be face by human. The last part of the end the most important of the book is what people can do.  It has a timeline, further resources, a glossary, and an index.

Review
Global warming is one of the most important issues people have to face today. Tweens might not feel the climate is changing, but they have to understand the importance of stopping the changes. Climate Change is a great book for tweens to understand the topic. The information is general that it will be a good start for learning the topic, and readers can learn more from the further resources section. The pictures and illustrations are supportive to understand the topic.

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