Rising seas : flooding, climate change and our new world / text by Keltie Thomas ; art by Belle Wuthrich and Kath Boake W.

Rising seas : flooding, climate change and our new world / text by Keltie Thomas ; art by Belle Wuthrich and Kath Boake W.

By
Thomas, Keltie, 1966-

Publication Date
2018

Publication Information
Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books,

Physical Description
64 p. : col. ill., maps.

Subject Term
Sea level -- Juvenile literature.
 
Floods -- Juvenile literature.
 
Climatic changes -- Juvenile literature.
 
Flood forecasting -- Juvenile literature.

Additional Contributors
Wuthrich, Belle, 1989-
 
Boake, Kathy.

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 59) and index.

Summary
The Earth's oceans are on the rise. Since 1900, global sea levels have risen steadily each year to a global average of about 8 inches (20cm) today, and they're still rising. By 2100, the sea could climb as much as 14 feet (4.3m) to 32 feet (9.75m). Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World gives youth an eye-popping view of what the Earth might look like under the rising and falling water levels of climate change. Photographs juxtapose the present-day with that same area's projected future. The shocking images will help them understand the urgency for action. Key issues in today's news will be better understood, such as the 2015 Paris Protocol in which the world agreed to limit temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius (ideally 1.5 degree).

Language
English

ISBN
9780228100218


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