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Watermelon snow : science, art, and a lone polar bear /

"Concern about the climate crisis is widespread as humans struggle to navigate life in uncertain times. From the vantage of a schooner full of artists on an adventure in the high Arctic, biologist Lynne Quarmby explains the science that convinced her of an urgent need to act on climate change a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Quarmby, Lynne, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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