What happens when an ice cap melts?
By: by Angela Royston
Series: Unstable Earth; Unstable Earth
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780750279260; 9780750283618
Subjects: Atmospheric Greenhouse effect; Ice caps; Juvenile literature; Global warming; Greenhouse effect
Description: SCIENCE. 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. Ages 9+
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Meltdown; title: Why is the ice melting?; title: Melting Arctic; title: No ice at the North Pole: Arctic 2025; title: Melting on Greenland; title: Where the water goes; title: Catastrophic floods; title: The great floods; title: A mini ice age?; title: The big freeze: North-west Europe 2075; title: Antarctica: the big one; title: Four degrees hotter: Earth 2100; title: Can we survive?