Our world has been changing for thousands of years. This fantastic book explains changes in climate, population, food and farming and animal habitats - and what each and every person can do to help stop the pressure on the world. Small changes make a big difference. Features: up-to-date photographs showing the effects of our changing world; panels explaining what we can all do to help; contents, glossary and index; and exposed art board cover with die cut shapes and fabric spine.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Changes in .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published in 2010 by QED Publishing .

Steve Parker is an experienced non-fiction children's writer who also wrote the Look at Your Body series.

This book has the following chapters: Climate What is weather? p6 Climate change p8 Global greenhouse p10 A time of change p12 Climate culprits p14 Fossil fuels p16 Burning fuels p18 Greenhouse gases p20 Changing world p22 Weather warning p24 Rising sea levels p26 Slow the change p28 Keep it cool p30 Animal habitats World of wildlife p34 People problem p36 Habitats galore p38 The biggest loss p40 Saving wild places p42 Food for us p44 Too much pollution p46 Warning! Invaders! p48 World famous p50 Tourists and pets p52 Captive breeding p54 Success stories p56 Help us! p58 Food and Farming Down on the farm p62 Growing food p64 Fertile land p66 Farming wood p68 Nature in danger p70 Double disaster p72 Make way for farms p74 Endless fields p76 Hi-tech farming p78 Farming the sea p80 Energy farms p82 Mountains and miles p84 Keeping shelves full p86 Population Only one world p90 Footprints p92 Plenty of people p94 Raw materials p96 Energy to burn p98 Warmer world p100 Going places p102 House and home p104 Watch that waste! p106 Food and health p108 Losing wild places p110 Fairtrade p112 Be aware! p114 Glossary p116 Index p119