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Unstable Earth: What Happens When an Ice Cap Melts?


Unstable Earth

No. of pages 32

Published: 2014

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Great for age 6-11 years

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This book looks at the effects of global warming and asks what will happen to people, animals and the environment if the Earth's thick masses of ice melt. It imagines scenarios at varying stages in the future and examines whether and how disaster can be averted.

 

This book is part of a book series called Unstable Earth .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Hachette Children's Group .

Angela Royston has written and edited many books for children about science and nature.

This book has the following chapters:

  • 1: Meltdown
  • 2: Why is the ice melting?
  • 3: Melting Arctic
  • 4: No ice at the North Pole: Arctic 2025
  • 5: Melting on Greenland
  • 6: Where the meltwater goes
  • 7: Sea coasts under attack
  • 8: The great floods: Earth 2050
  • 9: A mini Ice Age?
  • 10: The big freeze: North-West Europe 2075
  • 11: The big one - Antarctica
  • 12: Four degrees hotter: Earth 2100
  • 13: Can we survive?
  • 14: Glossary
  • 15: Further reading
  • 16: Index

This book is in the following series:

Inside and Out

Unstable Earth

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