Mission Planet Earth: Our World and Its Climate and How Humans Are Changing Them (2009)

by Sally Ride

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Beginning with Sally Ride's unique, astronaut's-eye view of Earth's fragile atmosphere, "Mission: Planet Earth" describes how water, air, and other climate systems shape our world, and how a disruption in one part of the system can spread through the entire planet. Features helpful diagrams and stunning photographs.… (more)

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Green Earth Book Award (Honor – Nonfiction – 2010)

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Mission Planet Earth: Our World and Its Climate and How Humans Are Changing Them

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2009

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To the scientists who figure out how and why Earth's climate is changing; to the science writers who let the world know what the scientists learn; and to the next generation of scientists who will find ways to restore our planet's natural balance.

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When I was an astronaut, I spent hours gazing down at the Earth below.

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Beginning with Sally Ride's unique, astronaut's-eye view of Earth's fragile atmosphere, "Mission: Planet Earth" describes how water, air, and other climate systems shape our world, and how a disruption in one part of the system can spread through the entire planet. Features helpful diagrams and stunning photographs.

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