An inconvenient truth : the crisis of global warming / Al Gore.
Gore, Al, 1948-
2007
QC981.8.G56 G668 2007 (Mapit)
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Title An inconvenient truth : the crisis of global warming / Al Gore.
Author Gore, Al, 1948-
Edition Rev. ed.
ISBN 9780670062713 (alk. paper)
0670062715 (alk. paper)
9780670062720 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0670062723 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint New York : Viking, 2007.
Language English
Description 191 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.
Call Number QC981.8.G56 G668 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.73874
Summary This young readers' version of the recent documentary film's companion adult volume cuts the page count by about a third but preserves the original's cogent message and many of its striking visuals. After explaining that his interest in the environment predates even his mother's reading of Silent Spring aloud to him as a teenager, Gore proceeds to document steeply rising carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere, and then to link that to accelerating changes in temperature and precipitation patterns worldwide. Using easy-to-grasp graphics and revealing before-and-after photos, he shows how glaciers and ice shelves are disappearing all over the globe with alarming speed, pointing to profound climate changes and increased danger from rising sea levels in the near future. O'Connor rephrases Gore's arguments in briefer, simpler language without compromising their flow, plainly intending to disturb readers rather than frighten them. He writes measured, matter-of-fact prose, letting facts and trends speak for themselves but, suggesting that "what happens locally has worldwide consequences," he closes with the assertion that we will all have to "change the way we live our lives." Like the film, this title may leave readers to look elsewhere for both documentation and for specific plans of action, but as an appeal to reason it's as polished and persuasive as it can be.
Note Adaptation of: An inconvenient truth / by Al Gore. 2006.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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