Green Tech: Solving the Climate Crisis by Alice Harman (English) Hardcover Book

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Explore the technology that will save our world!

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Explore the technology that will save our world!Our planet is facing a climate crisis. Climate change and global warming are making Earth warm up and it is affecting all sorts of different aspects of life on Earth. But all is not negative. Luckily, there are a variety of amazing green technologies that can help us to create a safer, cleaner, greener world. Delve into the problems we are facing and the ingenius solutions inventors and scientists are thinking up.The four-book series Green Tech is an upbeat guide exploring fascinating technology from the past, present and cutting-edge of futuristic development that has the potential to help solve major ecological issues facing Earth, from the climate crisis to plastic pollution and the ongoing loss of biodiversity around the world.Enough with the negative, it's time to look at all the ingenious inventors who are all about trying to use technology for good.The series offers a balanced view of this technology, considering the practicalities, affordability, sustainability and possibleunintended long-term consequences of various hi-tech solutions. It introduces the importance of behaviour change by people in richer countries, and includes technology that facilitates this. It also highlights the need for technologies thatbenefit people in the world's poorest areas, who have done the least to cause the climate crisis but are already feeling its effects the most acutely.Perfect for readers aged 8 and up.

Author Biography

Alice Harman is an experienced author and editor, specialising in children's non-fiction books. She has worked on a wide range of creative and highly acclaimed titles, including The Big Book of Bugs, Paper Zoo and This Book Thinks You're a Scientist.

Table of Contents

1: What is the climate crisis?1: Electric and hybrid cars1: High-speed trains1: Wind power1: Solar power1: Geothermal energy and ground source heat1: Using satellites1: Extracting ice cores1: Lab-grown meat1: Climate-resistant crops1: Solar geoengineering1: Carbon capture and storage1: Reforestation and rewilding1: Glossary1: Further information1: Index

Long Description

Explore the technology that will save our world! Our planet is facing a climate crisis. Climate change and global warming are making Earth warm up and it is affecting all sorts of different aspects of life on Earth. But all is not negative. Luckily, there are a variety of amazing green technologies that can help us to create a safer, cleaner, greener world. Delve into the problems we are facing and the ingenius solutions inventors and scientists are thinking up.The four-book series Green Tech is an upbeat guide exploring fascinating technology from the past, present and cutting-edge of futuristic development that has the potential to help solve major ecological issues facing Earth, from the climate crisis to plastic pollution and the ongoing loss of biodiversity around the world.Enough with the negative, it's time to look at all the ingenious inventors who are all about trying to use technology for good.The series offers a balanced view of this technology, considering the practicalities, affordability, sustainability and possibleunintended long-term consequences of various hi-tech solutions. It introduces the importance of behaviour change by people in richer countries, and includes technology that facilitates this. It also highlights the need for technologies thatbenefit people in the world's poorest areas, who have done the least to cause the climate crisis but are already feeling its effects the most acutely.Perfect for readers aged 8 and up.

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Explore the technology that will save our world!

Details ISBN1526314983 Author Alice Harman Pages 32 Series Green Tech Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1526314983 ISBN-13 9781526314987 Format Hardcover Imprint Wayland UK Release Date 2021-01-28 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience Age 9-11 Publisher Hachette Children's Group Publication Date 2021-01-28 DEWEY 363.73874 Audience Children's (6-12) NZ Release Date 2021-03-29 AU Release Date 2021-03-29 We've got this

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