The Confounding Case of the CLIMATE CRISIS By Owen R Liu Illustrated by Chin Yu Yu Copyright 2014 All rights reserved TUMBLEHOME l e a r n i n g
GALACTIC ACADEMY OF SCIENCE For Deana Julie and Cindy who taught me to love teaching learning and the environment I would also like to thank Barbara Tinker for her invaluable advice and assistance in drafting the Bangladesh Kenya and New Mexico chapters of this book A portion of all profits from this book will go to support local projects helping people in the developing world adapt to climate change 6
TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Greenhouse Field Trip Chapter 2 A New Mission Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 The Mountaineer Physicist London 1860 The Volcano and the Chemist Mauna Loa Hawaii 1963 Frozen Clues Greenland 1968 The Skeptic Boulder Colorado 1996 The Floating Gardens Bangladesh present day River Bank Restoration Kenya present day The Coral Crisis The Philippines present day Fire Escape New Mexico present day Chapter 11 Food Fight 1 14 21 35 52 66 81 98 113 132 156
