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题名:
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Whales to the rescue Whales to the rescue / written by Adrienne Mason , illustrated by Kim Smith |
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ISBN:
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978-1-52530-537-5 价格： CNY192.27(USD18.99) |
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语种:
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eng |
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载体形态:
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39 pages color illustrations 29cm |
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出版发行:
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出版地： Toronto, ON 出版社： Kids Can Press 出版日期： 2022 |
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内容提要:
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Using a highly visual approach and a "slow build" of concepts, Whales To the Rescue explores how whales help to maintain a healthy ocean and, by extension, a healthy and biodiverse planet. Whales are ecosystems engineers -- animals that create, modify or maintain a habitat or ecosystem. In its lifetime, a whale can improve our planet's health by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide, one of the most abundant greenhouse gases, in the atmosphere. How? Whales store a significant amount of carbon in their bodies. When a whale dies and sinks to the ocean floor, that carbon remains locked away, deep in the ocean's sediment. For centuries, commercial whaling decimated whale populations around the world. Many never recovered, but in the decades since whaling stopped, some populations finally seem to be rebounding. This is great news for whales, and recent studies have shown that this could also be great news for humans as we struggle with the challenges of climate change. |
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主题词:
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Whales Juvenile literature |
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主题词:
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Whales Juvenile literature |
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中图分类法:
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Q959.841 版次： 5 |
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其它题名:
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How whales help engineer the planet |
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主要责任者:
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Mason Mason author |
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次要责任者:
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Smith Smith illustrator |
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附注:
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Includes index. |