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The Life of Permafrost : A History of Frozen Earth in Russian and Soviet Science /
In the Anthropocene, the thawing of frozen earth due to global warming has drawn worldwide attention to permafrost. Contemporary scientists define permafrost as ground that maintains a negative temperature for at least two years. But where did this particular conception of permafrost originate, and...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction: Historicizing Permafrost
- 1 Mapping
- 2 Building
- 3 Defining
- 4 Adapting
- 5 Translating
- Epilogue: Resurrecting
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index