Format:
Books
Edition
Rev. ed.
by
Gore, Albert, 1948-
Call Number
363.7 GOR
Publication Date
2007
Physical Description
191 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.
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.
Format:
Books
by
Gore, Albert, 1948-
Call Number
363.73874 GORE ALBERT
Publication Date
2006
Physical Description
325 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.
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Electronic Resources
by
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations.
Call Number
Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG.111-82
Publication Date
2009
Physical Description
1 online resource (iii, 60 p.)
Electronic Access
Text version: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/FDLP377 PDF version: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/FDLP378
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Video disc
by
Cohen, Bonni,
Call Number
363.738 INCONVE
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the follow-up that shows just how close people are to a real energy revolution.
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