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The whale and the supercomputer : on the northern front of climate change /

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A traditional Eskimo whaling party races for shore while their comrades drift out to sea: ice that should be solidly anchored at this time of year is giving way. A team of scientists traverses the breadth of Alaska, measuring the thinning snow in an effort to understand albedo, the snow's refle...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wohlforth, Charles P (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : North Point Press, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Research > Arctic regions.
Inupiat > Fishing.
Inupiat > Social conditions.
Whaling > Arctic regions.
Ethnoecology > Arctic regions.
Human beings > Effect of climate on > Arctic regions.
Arctic regions > Climate > Mathematical models.
Global temperature changes > Research.
Sea ice > Research > Arctic regions.
Albedo.
Arctic regions > Environmental conditions.
Inupiat (Inuits) > Pêche.
Inupiat (Inuits) > Conditions sociales.
Baleines > Chasse > Arctique.
Ethnoécologie > Arctique.
Êtres humains > Influence du climat > Arctique.
Arctique > Climat > Modèles mathématiques.
Température atmosphérique > Modification à l'échelle planétaire > Recherche.
Glace de mer > Recherche > Arctique.
Albédo.
Arctique > Conditions environnementales.
Albedo
Climatic changes > Research
Climatology > Mathematical models
Ecology
Global temperature changes > Research
Human beings > Effect of climate on
Ethnoecology
Inupiat > Fishing
Sea ice > Research
Whaling
Arctic Regions
Klimaatveranderingen.
Gevolgen.
Eskimo's.
HUMAN BEINGS.
ALBEDO.
CLIMATE CHANGE.
ARCTIC REGIONS.
Internet resource.
Online Access:Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
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