Environmental Disaster Alert! (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780778716136)

Humans are sometimes to blame for catastrophic influences on the worlds air, water, soil, and natural resources. Environmental Disaster Alert! probes the causes and effects of greenhouse gases, acid rain, oil spills, air pollution, and other human-caused disasters. Topics include: - the human activities that are causing the destruction of the ozone layer, and the results of this damage - ways that organizations such as Greenpeace and Pollution Probe try to prevent environmental disasters - methods used to recover from environmental disasters, such as re-planting forests, re-stocking formerly contaminated lakes, and the clean-up of chemical spills - the effects of environmental disasters on our natural resources, animals, plants, and humans - ways that scientists predict environmental disasters, and potential disasters that have been avoided as a result

Author: Paul Challen
ISBN-10: 0778716139
ISBN-13: 9780778716136
Publisher: Crabtree Classics
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2004
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 10.66h x 8.32w x 0.16d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.2
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 83668 / Environmental Disaster Alert!