TY - BOOK AU - Royston,Angela TI - The race to survive climate change T2 - World in crisis SN - 9781477778487 (lib. binding) AV - QC903.15 .R69 2015 U1 - 551.6 14 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Rosen Publishing's Rosen Central KW - Climatic changes KW - Juvenile literature KW - Global warming KW - Nature KW - Effect of human beings on KW - fast KW - Juvenile works N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index; The race is on -- The problem -- Extreme and unpredictable -- Ecosystems in turmoil -- Melting ice -- Cutting the carbon N2 - While a few degrees' rise in the average temperature of Earth's surface may not sound like a catastrophe, the race against climate change is truly a race for survival. At stake are the futures of billions of the planet's inhabitants, including people, animals, and plants. This book examines the causes and consequences of climate change, such as extreme weather and rising sea levels ER -