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Focus on Climate Zones
Desert Climates
The climate in a region affects all aspects of life. This book looks at desert climates. It explores the characteristics of the land and weather in regions with desert climates, and how plants, animals, and people have adapted to life in deserts. The effects of climate change and other developments are also covered.
48 pages, Library Binding
Published January 1, 2017
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October 10, 2020
It is an alright book for children on the topic of desert climates. It is informational, and examples of desert-dwelling peoples, plants, animals, etc. are taken from all over the world.
The final question in the book is "How can we protect deserts?" And the answer is "Climate change is here, and in short term we can't stop it. But there are ways to resist desertification." Resisting desertification sounds counterintuitive to protecting deserts in that... a desert is a desert, so why not have more desert? Perhaps protect "desert ecosystems" would be the better wording? (And "how to prevent more deserts because really we don't want anymore deserts‽") In which case, for protecting "desert ecosystems," wouldn't the solution include having humans not going into the desert (to extract oil, to let their livestock overgraze, to partake in tourist activities)—but then, isn't this the "solution" to anything related to the environment? Crop rotation, not wasting water on lawns that wouldn't otherwise exist in the desert except for human intervention, and increasing use of public instead of private transport may prevent desertification by slowing global warming, which then protects the animals and plants adapted to current desert environments. But, to rehash, really the ultimate question is how to prevent more deserts, right? Wouldn't we even go so far as ask how to make deserts arable? habitable? non-deserts?
The final question in the book is "How can we protect deserts?" And the answer is "Climate change is here, and in short term we can't stop it. But there are ways to resist desertification." Resisting desertification sounds counterintuitive to protecting deserts in that... a desert is a desert, so why not have more desert? Perhaps protect "desert ecosystems" would be the better wording? (And "how to prevent more deserts because really we don't want anymore deserts‽") In which case, for protecting "desert ecosystems," wouldn't the solution include having humans not going into the desert (to extract oil, to let their livestock overgraze, to partake in tourist activities)—but then, isn't this the "solution" to anything related to the environment? Crop rotation, not wasting water on lawns that wouldn't otherwise exist in the desert except for human intervention, and increasing use of public instead of private transport may prevent desertification by slowing global warming, which then protects the animals and plants adapted to current desert environments. But, to rehash, really the ultimate question is how to prevent more deserts, right? Wouldn't we even go so far as ask how to make deserts arable? habitable? non-deserts?
March 9, 2024
This is short and factual book. I listened to the audiobook version which was 55 minutes to refresh my understanding of desert climates, and I found the real world examples useful. This is something that could be recommended to students such as for the topic Sustainable Biomes in Stage 5 Geography.
January 18, 2025
This book is a good brief discussion of what deserts are. It also describes a few of the world’s deserts.
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