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The story of more : how we got to climate change and where to go from here / Hope Jahren.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Delacorte Press, [2021]Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 199 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780593381120
Other title:
  • How we got to climate change and where to go from here
Uniform titles:
  • Story of more (Young reader's edition)
Related works:
  • Adaptation of: Jahren, Hope. Story of more
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Story of moreDDC classification:
  • 363.738/74 23
LOC classification:
  • QC903 .J37 2021
Contents:
Our story begins -- Who we are -- How we are -- Where we are -- Growing grain -- Raising meat -- Finding fish -- Making sugar -- Throwing it all away -- Keeping the lights on -- Moving around -- The plants we burn -- The wheels we turn -- Altered air -- Warming weather -- Melting ice -- Rising waters -- The big goodbye -- Another page.
Summary: "[This] young adult adaptation details the science behind key inventions, clarifying how electricity, large-scale farming, and automobiles have both helped and harmed our world. [The author] explains the . . . consequences of unchecked global warming, from superstorms to rising sea levels, resulting from the . . . amounts of greenhouse gases being released into our atmosphere. The links between human consumption habits and our endangered existence are very real, with consequences leading to a crossroads of survival and extinction. Still, [the author] maintains that our . . . science-based knowledge can help us counter this dilemma. The . . . information provided in [this book] will help readers understand the path . . . [to] make informed choices"--Provided by publisher.
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"Adapted for young adults."

"This work is based on The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here, published in paperback by Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2020"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-197).

Our story begins -- Who we are -- How we are -- Where we are -- Growing grain -- Raising meat -- Finding fish -- Making sugar -- Throwing it all away -- Keeping the lights on -- Moving around -- The plants we burn -- The wheels we turn -- Altered air -- Warming weather -- Melting ice -- Rising waters -- The big goodbye -- Another page.

School Library Journal starred, September 2021

Booklist starred, November 2021

"[This] young adult adaptation details the science behind key inventions, clarifying how electricity, large-scale farming, and automobiles have both helped and harmed our world. [The author] explains the . . . consequences of unchecked global warming, from superstorms to rising sea levels, resulting from the . . . amounts of greenhouse gases being released into our atmosphere. The links between human consumption habits and our endangered existence are very real, with consequences leading to a crossroads of survival and extinction. Still, [the author] maintains that our . . . science-based knowledge can help us counter this dilemma. The . . . information provided in [this book] will help readers understand the path . . . [to] make informed choices"--Provided by publisher.

Young Adult Follett School Solutions.