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| View Larger Image | Polar Regions: Human Impacts (Our Fragile Planet) | Library Bindingby Dana Desonie (Author)
| List Price: | $35.00 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Library Binding | | Publisher: | Chelsea House Publications | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 202 Pages | | Publication Date: | February 28, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 2,085,239nd |
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Product Description
There is no place more remote than the Arctic and Antarctic, but their remoteness has not kept them isolated: Pollutants released in developed lands travel on air and water currents into the polar regions, the ozone hole has widened over Antarctica, and global warming is causing its greatest damage in the world's iciest locales. Along with an understanding of how human activities are changing the polar regions has come an appreciation of their importance in global climate, biological productivity, and biodiversity. "Polar Regions" is a crucial new book that explains how many scientists are providing forewarning of the changes that will come to the entire planet if society continues on its current trajectory. Featuring full-color photographs and illustrations, sidebars, suggestions for further reading, and Web sites, this book arms readers with the information necessary to take a stand in protecting our fragile planet. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 2 reviews)
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Our Fragile Planet; Polar Regions by Dany Pierard Deviche (Phoenix, Arizona)  5 Stars
December 07, 2008
This book is a comprehensive summary that could enlighten anybody at any age about what the fragile ecosystems of the polar regions are, how the Arctic and Antarctic differ, and how they suffer or benefit from the impacts of the various human industries that reach them. The book also shows the importance of these regions for the health of the whole planet and it indicates areas where work is being done and where there is work to do in order to protect these treasures as well as maintain them for their beneficial role in the global ecosystem.
The book is dense and enriching: It is full of facts and scientific graphs and data. The way it is structured, its illustrations, and its glossary of terms make reading it (or studying it!) an enthralling and unforgettable endeavor. Complex interactions are revealed and explained in such a way that the reader warms-up about the fate of the polar regions and won't ignore it any longer.
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Polar Regions: Human Impacts by Lois Spangler (Blairstown, New Jersey) 5 Stars
June 07, 2008
Our Fragile Planet Polar Regions: Human Impacts
Dana Desonie, Ph.D.
Grade:6-12
Each book in the Our Fragile Planet series focuses on the causes and effects of climate change and human impact on the atmosphere, biosphere, climate, geosphere, the natural environment, hydrosphere, oceans, and polar regions. Each fact-filled book includes photographs, charts, and graphs along with a glossary, an index, and references for further reading. The information found in this series will engage children's curiosity and provide them with a sense of stewardship.
In Polar Regions students will read about the uniqueness of the Arctic and Antarctic, and life on land and in the polar seas. The book emphasizes global warming as caused by atmospheric pollutants. It discusses the ozone hole in the Antarctic and the future of the polar climate. As they consider measures to protect the region, readers will learn about chemical pollution in the Arctic and the effects of over-fishing and hunting in polar regions.
This thought-provoking book will make children and adults view our fragile planet in a new way. Written for students in grades 6 through 12, it could also be read by some students in grades 2 through 5. It would also be an excellent reference book for teachers. Teachers using differentiated instruction would find this book very useful.
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