The Resource An inconvenient truth : the crisis of global warming, Al Gore
An inconvenient truth : the crisis of global warming, Al Gore
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The item An inconvenient truth : the crisis of global warming, Al Gore represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boxford Town Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item An inconvenient truth : the crisis of global warming, Al Gore represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boxford Town Library.
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- Summary
- This young readers' version of the recent documentary film's companion adult volume cuts the page count by about a third but preserves the original's cogent message and many of its striking visuals. After explaining that his interest in the environment predates even his mother's reading of Silent Spring aloud to him as a teenager, Gore proceeds to document steeply rising carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere, and then to link that to accelerating changes in temperature and precipitation patterns worldwide. Using easy-to-grasp graphics and revealing before-and-after photos, he shows how glaciers and ice shelves are disappearing all over the globe with alarming speed, pointing to profound climate changes and increased danger from rising sea levels in the near future. O'Connor rephrases Gore's arguments in briefer, simpler language without compromising their flow, plainly intending to disturb readers rather than frighten them. He writes measured, matter-of-fact prose, letting facts and trends speak for themselves but, suggesting that "what happens locally has worldwide consequences, " he closes with the assertion that we will all have to "change the way we live our lives." Like the film, this title may leave readers to look elsewhere for both documentation and for specific plans of action, but as an appeal to reason it's as polished and persuasive as it can be
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 191 pages
- Note
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- "Adapted for young readers by Jane O'Connor"--T.p. verso
- Adaptation of : An inconvenient truth: the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it / by Al Gore, 2006
- Isbn
- 9780670062720
- Label
- An inconvenient truth : the crisis of global warming
- Title
- An inconvenient truth
- Title remainder
- the crisis of global warming
- Statement of responsibility
- Al Gore
- Title variation
- Global warming
- Subject
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- Environmental protection -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Global warming -- Juvenile literature
- Global warming -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Juvenile literature
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Human ecology
- Environmental policy -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This young readers' version of the recent documentary film's companion adult volume cuts the page count by about a third but preserves the original's cogent message and many of its striking visuals. After explaining that his interest in the environment predates even his mother's reading of Silent Spring aloud to him as a teenager, Gore proceeds to document steeply rising carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere, and then to link that to accelerating changes in temperature and precipitation patterns worldwide. Using easy-to-grasp graphics and revealing before-and-after photos, he shows how glaciers and ice shelves are disappearing all over the globe with alarming speed, pointing to profound climate changes and increased danger from rising sea levels in the near future. O'Connor rephrases Gore's arguments in briefer, simpler language without compromising their flow, plainly intending to disturb readers rather than frighten them. He writes measured, matter-of-fact prose, letting facts and trends speak for themselves but, suggesting that "what happens locally has worldwide consequences, " he closes with the assertion that we will all have to "change the way we live our lives." Like the film, this title may leave readers to look elsewhere for both documentation and for specific plans of action, but as an appeal to reason it's as polished and persuasive as it can be
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- FVC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gore, Al
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- QC981.8.G56
- LC item number
- G67 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- O'Connor, Jane
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Global warming
- Global warming
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
- Environmental policy
- Environmental protection
- Human ecology
- Label
- An inconvenient truth : the crisis of global warming, Al Gore
- Note
-
- "Adapted for young readers by Jane O'Connor"--T.p. verso
- Adaptation of : An inconvenient truth: the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it / by Al Gore, 2006
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1061467
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 191 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670062720
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), col. maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1061467
- (OCoLC)99075270
- Label
- An inconvenient truth : the crisis of global warming, Al Gore
- Note
-
- "Adapted for young readers by Jane O'Connor"--T.p. verso
- Adaptation of : An inconvenient truth: the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it / by Al Gore, 2006
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1061467
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 191 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670062720
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), col. maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1061467
- (OCoLC)99075270
Subject
- Environmental protection -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Global warming -- Juvenile literature
- Global warming -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Juvenile literature
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Human ecology
- Environmental policy -- United States -- Juvenile literature
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