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Ice rivers : a story of glaciers, wilderness, and humanity /

A passionate eyewitness account of the mysteries and looming demise of glaciers--and what their fate means for our shared future. The ice sheets and glaciers that cover one-tenth of Earth's land surface are today in grave peril. High in the Alps, Andes, and Himalaya, once-indomitable glaciers a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wadham, Jemma (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: UK : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2021.
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505 0 |a Introduction: Icy Beginnings -- Part One. The Smell of the Ice -- 1. Glimpses of an Underworld: The Swiss Alps -- 2. Bears, Bears Everywhere: Svalbard -- Part Two. The Great Ice Sheets -- 3. Plumbing the Depths: Greenland -- 4. Life at the Extremes: Antarctica -- Color Plates -- Part Three. In the Shadow of Glaciers -- 5. Beware of the GLOF!: Patagonia -- 6. White Rivers Running Dry: The Indian Himalaya -- 7. The Last Ice: The Cordillera Blanca -- Afterword: A Fork in the Path 
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