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Unstable Earth: What Happens if the Rainforests Disappear? Mary Colson

Unstable Earth: What Happens if the Rainforests Disappear? By Mary Colson

Unstable Earth: What Happens if the Rainforests Disappear? by Mary Colson

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Summary

Shows how interlinked geographical processes can have devastating consequences for people and the planet.

Unstable Earth: What Happens if the Rainforests Disappear? Summary

Unstable Earth: What Happens if the Rainforests Disappear? by Mary Colson

This book looks at the causes and effects of the destruction of the rainforests and asks what will happen to people, animals and the environment if they disappear. It imagines scenarios at varying stages in the future and examines whether and how disaster can be averted.

About Mary Colson

Mary Colson has written and edited books for children and young adults.

Table of Contents

  • 1: Nature's paradise
  • 2: Marvellous Madagascar: inside a rainforest
  • 3: Lungs of the Earth
  • 4: Slash and burn
  • 5: Counting the carbon: 2050
  • 6: People of the rainforest
  • 7: Mining for minerals: manmade mayhem
  • 8: Black gold
  • 9: Trading trees
  • 10: Failing harvest: 2100
  • 11: Hotting up: the problem of global warming
  • 12: Climate change catastrophe: 2200
  • 13: Paradise lost?
  • 14: Glossary
  • 15: Further reading
  • 16: Index

Additional information

GOR010141610
9780750283748
0750283742
Unstable Earth: What Happens if the Rainforests Disappear? by Mary Colson
Mary Colson
Unstable Earth
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hachette Children's Group
20140828
32
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