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Gr 2–4—The sun narrates this book about the slow creation but relatively quick depletion of fossil fuels, or "buried sunlight." Sounding like a father advising a child, the sun explains that while the Earth has always undergone periods of heating and cooling, those changes happened gradually, giving time for the species inhabiting the planet to adjust. Now humankind is burning—literally—through fossil fuels at such a pace that an extraordinary amount of carbon dioxide has been released within a few...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In the latest of Bang and Chisholm's excellent books on the role of the sun's energy in powering life processes on Earth (Living Sunlight, rev. 5/09; Ocean Sunlight, rev. 5/12), the production and consumption of fossil fuels are explained, along with the sobering--and overwhelming--evidence for the consequences of all that energy use: climate change. The sun itself serves as narrator of the process term...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Bang and Chisholm explain the production and consumption of fossil fuels, along with the consequences of all that energy use: climate change. The sun ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More