Celebrate Earth Month by learning more about Earth Day, Climate Change, the Environmental Movement, and our only home in the vast universe. Come down to your school library to check out some of these newest additions to our collection.
Earth Month
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Earth Month: What Does Science Say?
Earth Month comes to a close but the end of April does not mean the end of the climate crisis. Find out more. Find out what science says about climate change. Consider what you can do, as a citizen of this planet. Earth is the only planet we have. Consider what we, the people of Earth, can do, together, to save our home.
Find out more:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
United Nations: Climate Action
(US) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Chernobyl Disaster
On this date in 1986, in what is now the Ukraine, what was then part of the Soviet Union, the Chernobyl Disaster began. This was the world’s worst nuclear power plant accident, resulting in incredible environmental destruction, hundreds of lives lost in the immediate disaster, and untold thousands of humans deaths as long term consequences unfolded over the years.
Find out more:
International Atomic Energy Agency
Chernobyl: National Geographic
United Nations Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance
Is nuclear power a feasible alternative to fossil fuels? The contribution of the burning of fossil fuels to the crisis of climate change must be accounted for, but are the risks associated with nuclear power too great? Check out the websites and books listed above, and then look for more resources to dig deeper to find out where scientists stand on these issues. Get informed and be a positive part of the decisions that will affect our future.
April is Earth Month at your School Library. Visit us to find out more.
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