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Children's Nonfiction Environmental Conservation & Protection

Geothermal Energy: Using Earth's Furnace

by (author) Carrie Gleason

Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Initial publish date
Jun 2008
Category
Environmental Conservation & Protection, Electricity & Electronics, Discoveries
Recommended Age
9 to 10
Recommended Grade
4 to 5
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780778729310
    Publish Date
    Jun 2008
    List Price
    $10.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780778729174
    Publish Date
    Jun 2008
    List Price
    $25.95

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The need for safe sources of renewable energy has sent scientists underground to tap the natural heat produced by the Earth. Geothermal Energy: Using Earth’s Furnace describes the three different ways electricity is produced from geothermal energy. Young readers will discover how this clean, safe energy is currently being used in twenty countries including the United States, the largest producer of geothermal energy.

About the author

Carrie Gleason est auteure et éditrice. Elle a écrit quatre des livres de la collection Le Canada vu de près soient Ressources naturelles, Colombie-Britannique, Nouvelle-Écosse et Nunavut. Carrie habite Toronto, en Ontario.

 

Carrie Gleason is a writer and editor living in Toronto. She has written three previous books in the Canada Close Up (Le Canada vu de près) series: British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Nunavut (Colombie-Britannique, Nouvelle-Écosse et Nunavut).

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