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Contents: Earth's climate -- The greenhouse effect -- The carbon cycle -- Checks and balances -- Natural climate change -- Human impact -- Buring the forest -- Fossil fuels -- Our carbon culture -- Adding to the problem -- Heatwaves and droughts -- Melting ice -- warming oceans -- Oceanic research -- Living with the heat -- Plight of the polar bear -- Climate models -- This century -- What scares the scientists? -- Who is most vulnerable? -- Adapting to climate change -- Combating climate change -- Cutting the carbon -- Nuclear power -- Renewable energy -- Power for the people -- Energy efficiency -- Green transport -- Greenhouse gas producers -- Timeline

Summary: Discover how and why the climate is changing and how it is impacting on people, nature, and cities all over the world. learn about global warming, sustainable-energy solutions, and what scientists -- and you -- can do to solve one of the biggest threats to humanity
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