Story 22. Kilimanjaro By the middle of 1996 it was obvious to both Thermo and Dr. Key that the cooling trend spawned by the eruption of Mount Pinatubo was gone, and a warming trend had begun once again. “Even some glaciers are receding,” Thermo […]
World of Thermo
A unique children’s book aimed at educating our youth about the causes, effects, and future of climate change.
World of Thermo… Story 21…Tree Ring Circus
Story 21 Tree Ring Circus “Don’t slow down,” urged Thermo to his cumulus cloud friends Puffy and Fluffy. “I know it’s hot and dry, but please try to hold out a little longer over the desert. We need to get these pine core specimens back to Dr. Cape before dark.” “I’ll be all right,” Fluffy […]
World of Thermo… Story 20… Storm of the Century
Story 20. Storm of the Century “What do you make of it, Thermo?” asked Dr. Key via the two-way radio he had installed in his creation years ago. The communication system allowed the little jet-propelled thermometer to talk with his maker back in Mauna […]
World of Thermo… Story 19…Andrew
Story 19. Andrew The summer of 1992 would be over soon, and there had not yet been a single tropical storm or hurricane to affect the United States. For much of the season, an atmospheric phenomenon […]
World of Thermo… Story 18… When the Volcano Blows
Story 18. When the Volcano Blows “Carlos, stop kicking me in the head!” Juan yelled to his climbing mate. “I can’t see! Hold that flashlight closer to the cliff so I won’t stumble!” The two were slowly scaling down the caldera […]
World of Thermo… Story 17… Kudzu
Story 17. Kudzu Carbo was furious. Not only had the latest drought abated, but since he had shown himself to Thermo, climate scientists in every nation surely would soon know of his existence. […]
World of Thermo… Story 16…Testimony
Story 16. Testimony By the mid and late 1980s, most climatologists were convinced that global warming was real, and that increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere played a role. It was that growing realization that had Carbo the carbon molecule worried. […]
World of Thermo… Story 15… A Presidential Brainwashing
Story 15. A Presidential Brainwashing Despite the billions of carbon dioxide molecules that humans had already released from burning coal and gasoline, there still were not enough for Carbo. “What can I do?” he asked himself. “My carbon friends […]
World of Thermo… Story 14… Heatin’ Up
Story 14 Heatin’ Up Thermo spent much of the 1970s diligently working on the special project Dr. Key had asked of him. The little thermometer took temperature readings through the hillsides and plains of North America, in the tropical jungles and mountains of South America, on the beautiful beaches of the Mediterranean and in the […]
World of Thermo… Story 13… Gettin’ Colder
Story 13. Gettin’ Colder? By the middle of the 20th century conditions were warming across Planet Earth. That was both good news and bad news for Carbo the carbon dioxide molecule. On one hand, it meant more molecules like him were […]