Global Warming and the Dinosaurs: Fossil Discoveries at the Poles

by Caroline Arnold, Laurie Caple (Illustrator)

Dinosaurs are usually pictured in warm, tropical environments, but fossils found at the poles are filling in the gap of knowledge about how and where these creatures lived. Evidence from bones and teeth to trackways and skin impressions raises important How did dinosaurs cope with three months of total darkness in winter? What plants grew in the polar regions? How cold was it? What are the implications for today, as glaciers retreat, ice shelves melt, and permafrost thaws? The polar regions are a unique "library" of the past, and Caroline Arnold introduces readers to the gigantic prehistoric creatures that inhabited them.

Genres: Picture Books

40 pages, Hardcover

First published October 19, 2009

Reviews

[Joan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would have also included the category climate change but that part of the title is misleading. Other than a really brief description of the subject, it really was simply about polar dinos. Very dense material for kids: only a dino lover or persistent reader is going to make it through this book. Interesting material with a quick intriguing comment that now that polar dinos have been found, it calls into question the concept that dinos perished because of an asteroid impact. Now scientists think it was that and other factors as well.

[Christopher · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was interesting but I felt sort of like I was reading a textbook. It would be excellent for research purposes--and the amount of "new" information presented is super. I learned a lot reading this book.