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Earth in the Hot Seat: Bulletins from a Warming World (edition 2009)

by Marfe Ferguson Delano

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Earth in the Hot Seat is a stunning, magazine-like presentation that celebrates the Earth and clearly explains the dangers and challenges of global warning. This beautiful volume is also a showcase for National Geographic Society's environmental mission programs. Readers will enjoy many fun features, from climate connections in global hotspots, to amazing before and after snapshots, to questionnaires answered by climate scientists and celebrities.… (more)
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Title:Earth in the Hot Seat: Bulletins from a Warming World
Authors:Marfe Ferguson Delano
Info:National Geographic Children's Books (2009), Hardcover, 64 pages
Collections:Your library, Non-fiction 300-399
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Tags:Climate, climate change, environment, global warming, glacier, glaciers, Antarctica, arctic, carbon dioxide, carbon footprint, coral reef, coral reefs, deforestation, droughts, Sylvia Earle, energy, coal, fossil fuels, hydropower, solar power, wind power, greenhouse effect, Daniela Hohenwallner, Louise Keeling, Wangari Maathai, nuclear power, Camille Parmesan, permafrost, water conservation

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Another excellent example of what an informational book should be like. I appreciate that this book doesn't only state the problem but also offers solutions. Kids will be excited to learn about the ways in which they can help their favorite animals. They will gain perspective on the fact that the world needs to be nourished and looked after. This is rather important for children who are able to empathize on so many levels and will grow to be great role models of how everyone should behave towards nature and its creatures.
  jenmarin09 | Dec 6, 2015 |
Global warming, the increase in Earth's temperature, is primarily caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, in the Earth's atmosphere. Pollution, deforestation and the use of fossil fuels are some of the major causes of these rising carbon dioxide levels. Global warming has many detrimental effects on the environment including rising sea levels, the depletion of important natural resources, droughts and other extreme weather conditions, and the extinction of many animals. Unfortunately, global warming has increased quite dramatically within the last 30 years. If we are to halt climate change, we must work together to use green technologies and change our daily routines so that we use fewer nonrenewable resources.
  teacher1267 | Feb 11, 2014 |
While many informational texts share stories from history or describe a rare animal, this book presents the reader with a current event that is affecting the world right now. Although only an introduction, the book contains details on the problem, what is causing it, and what every individual can do to help combat the harmful climate change. It is important to introduce children to these topics, because their generation will be faced with the issues surrounding global warming more than ever. I really liked the clear way that information was presented in this book. It is very accessible to young readers.
  khportlandclass | Jun 11, 2012 |
I think this is a great book that teaches lots of new information and also teaches students about a current issue. Our students have the chance to make a difference so it is important for them to learn about global warming as way as ways they can slow global warming down to make a difference. I think that this book has lots of information that would be interesting to upper elementary students. I think even younger students would enjoy this book if it was read to them in small parts.
  amberlanda | Dec 4, 2011 |
This was a very interesting nonfiction about how the discovery of Lucy required scientists to rethink the human family tree. Instead of being a linear progression, they realized the family tree was more like a bush, with some offshoots here and there that are difficult to explain. Lucy was a hominid (a bipedal primate mammal), but her brain size was small. Most other bipedals had larger brains, but Lucy was a mystery. Her discovery and the findings of other hominids shook up the scientific world, and still no one knows for sure how the human family “bush” should look.

The book tells of how Donald Johansen happened to find that fateful elbow sticking up out of the dirt in Ethiopia in 1974. It goes into detail with great photographs about how they made replicas of the fossilized bones and pieced them together. The explanation of how they dated the bones was well explained, and kids would find that the science in this book is accessible and made infinitely more interesting with the pictures and graphs along the way. It includes a good glossary, too. The best part was how scientists made an educated guess about what Lucy would have looked like. A paleo-artist constructed a life-size sculpture of Lucy that kids will love. I thought this book was great.

Personally, I love reading nonfiction for kids because it gives me just enough of this topic. If I were to research this topic, I would find tons of scholarly journals and monstrously boring books for adult scholars. I would quickly lose interest in the topic and probably not even bother. Kids’ nonfiction makes the topics fun, interesting, and informative. They are usually pretty well written, too, written to grab your attention and hold it. The photographs and drawings make the different facts come alive. This one was a real joy to read.
5 Stars! ( )
  BugsyBoog | Apr 22, 2011 |
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Earth in the Hot Seat is a stunning, magazine-like presentation that celebrates the Earth and clearly explains the dangers and challenges of global warning. This beautiful volume is also a showcase for National Geographic Society's environmental mission programs. Readers will enjoy many fun features, from climate connections in global hotspots, to amazing before and after snapshots, to questionnaires answered by climate scientists and celebrities.

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