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Glaciers
Jorge Daniel Taillant
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Description for Glaciers
"Glaciers is a volume about the role glaciers play in our daily lives (often without us knowing), the risks posed to glaciers from natural and anthropogenic activity (including climate change and industrial pollution), and policies and practices that should be employed to protect this fundamental hydrological reserve"-- Num Pages: 360 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: RBKF; RNF; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 646.
Though not traditionally thought of as key natural resource, glaciers are a crucial part of both our global ecosystem and the sustaining of life around the world. Comprising three quarters of the worlds fresh water, they freeze in the winter and melt in the summer, supplying water that is plentiful enough for agriculture and clean enough to drink. Without them, many of the planets rivers would run dry shortly after the winter snow-melt. In fact, a single mid-sized glacier in regions like California, Argentina, India, Kyrgyzstan, or Chile can provide an entire community with drinking water for generations. On the ... Read more
Though not traditionally thought of as key natural resource, glaciers are a crucial part of both our global ecosystem and the sustaining of life around the world. Comprising three quarters of the worlds fresh water, they freeze in the winter and melt in the summer, supplying water that is plentiful enough for agriculture and clean enough to drink. Without them, many of the planets rivers would run dry shortly after the winter snow-melt. In fact, a single mid-sized glacier in regions like California, Argentina, India, Kyrgyzstan, or Chile can provide an entire community with drinking water for generations. On the ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199367252
SKU
V9780199367252
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Ref
99-10
About Jorge Daniel Taillant
Jorge Daniel Taillant is the Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Environment, an Argentina-based organization. He is the author of numerous publications on the impacts of mining on glaciers.
Reviews for Glaciers
... informative ...
Mark Carey, Nature
Taillant tracks both the science and politics of glaciers in this interesting book, keeping readers in suspense and hoping for a happy ending. Highly recommended.
R. M. Ferguson, CHOICE
Mark Carey, Nature
Taillant tracks both the science and politics of glaciers in this interesting book, keeping readers in suspense and hoping for a happy ending. Highly recommended.
R. M. Ferguson, CHOICE