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Will climate change stretch our supplies of food and water to the limit? How are crops and livestock threatened by climate change? Does eating fish damage the oceans more? What would happen if the snow on top of the Rocky Mountains melted? The exciting, eye-catching photographs and easy-to-read sentences in Food, Water, and Climate Change help young readers learn about the challenges to providing food and water in a warming world and how peopl...

How has human activity hurt our rain forests? How has farming changed Earth's water cycle? How does carbon dioxide affect the climate? The exciting, eye-catching photographs and easy-to-read sentences in Natural Cycles and Climate Change help young readers learn how small changes in Earth's natural cycles can cause large and dangerous changes in Earth's climate. The book also has a helpful glossary and an index that direct students to the most...

Computers are an indispensable part of our every- day lives. But they were hard to even imagine less than 100 years ago. Future advances in computing are similarly hard for us to imagine. But they will change our world just as much-if not more-than the first computers. Learn all about them in Artificial Intelligence and Other Computer Tech!

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Space technology is an exciting part of modern living, but it is still expensive and risky to get something-or someone-into space. We are on the brink of a new space race, with companies striving to make space travel cheaper and safer than ever before. Soon, many people may fly to space for business, pleasure, or even to live! Read all about it in Reusable Rockets and Other Space Tech!

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Most of us live in or near a big city. Cramming ourselves into these urban centers has many economic and cultural advantages, but it also creates traffic, engineering headaches, and environmental problems. Read Megatall Skyscrapers and Other City Tech to discover how engineers, inventors, and urban planners are meeting these problems head-on!

Scientists and inventors are developing strange new ways to feed, heal, and care for a growing human population. Many of these breakthroughs involve messing with the stuff of life itself. Learn about these technologies in CRISPR and Other Biotech!

The modern battlefield is fraught with danger. Technology is being used to keep soldiers and other personnel safe, increasingly by removing them from combat zones. But will future military technology be used to keep people safe, or to harm more people? Read all about it in Robot Soldiers and Other Military Tech!

You might not think about it, but how people and things get from one place to another has changed greatly over the years. And, more innovation is on the way. How will you get where you need to go in the future? And who will be driving-or flying? Find out in Flying Cars and Other Transportation Tech!

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Spectacular NASA photos and illustrations inspire readers to explore the wonders of the moon.

Spectacular NASA photos and illustrations inspire readers to explore the wonders of Earth.