Introduces temperature, describing how it is measured, its effects on the Earth and the weather, how people react to its fluctuations, and how it can transform water from solid to liquid and liquid to gas.

Describes some of the different systems used to measure temperature, explaining what temperature is, looking at scales and thermometers, and discussing weather measurement and body temperature. Includes an experiment.

Discusses what temperature is and how it is measured.

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces temperature to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.

New Yorker writer Kolbert tackles the controversial subject of global warming. Americans have been warned since the late 1970s that the buildup of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere threatens to melt the polar ice sheets and irreversibly change our climate. With little done since then to alter this dangerous course, now is the moment to salvage our future. By the end of the century, the world will likely be hotter than it's been in the last two million...