Meltdown : the Earth without glaciers /

We hear about pieces of ice the size of continents breaking off of Antarctica, rapidly melting glaciers in the Himalayas, and ice sheets in the Arctic crumbling to the sea, but does it really matter? Will melting glaciers change our lives? Absolutely. Glaciers are built and destroyed during ice ages...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Taillant, Jorge Daniel, 1968- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Cryosphere. Glaciers > Climatic factors. Climatic changes. Climate Change Cryosphère. Climat > Changements. climate change. Environmental Conservation & Protection. NATURE. Natural Resources. Environmental Policy. Public Policy. POLITICAL SCIENCE. Global Warming & Climate Change. SCIENCE. Glaciers > Climatic factors Climatic changes Cryosphere Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. And Then There Was Ice
2. The Rising Seas
3. Do You Drink Glacier Water? Probably
4. Glaciers Are White, Oceans Are Blue, the Earth Is Warming, and So Are You!
5. A Thawing Earth
6. Run! The Mountain Is Coming!
7. Ocean Currents, Jet Streams, and Polar Bears
8. Invisible Glaciers: ... Will They Save Us?
9. A Race to Save Everything
10. Why for COVID but Not for Climate?