Meltdown Global Warming Puts The World On Thin Ice
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Meltdown Global Warming Puts The World On Thin Ice
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Author : John Perritano
language : en
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Release Date : 2009-08-07
Meltdown Global Warming Puts The World On Thin Ice written by John Perritano and has been published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-07 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes how global warming is affecting the planet.
Meltdown
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Meltdown written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Antarctica categories.
Satellite measurements have revealed that Earth's two largest ice sheets - the ones that cover Antarctica and Greenland - have been shrinking rapidly.
Meltdown
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Author : Jorge Daniel Taillant
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-10-04
Meltdown written by Jorge Daniel Taillant and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-04 with Nature categories.
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.The ice ages and the interglacial periods like we live in now are built and destroyed by glaciers. Glaciers hold three quarters of our freshwater, yet we don't have laws to protection them from climate change. Melting glaciers raise the seas, alter global ecosystems, warm our climate and bring onfloods that swamp millions of acres of land destroying coastal ecosystems and leaving hundreds of millions homeless. Healthy glaciers help keep our planet cool by reflecting solar heat away from the Earth and provide critical freshwater supply to billions that live within their meltwater runoffbasins. But melting glaciers alter ocean temperature, warm the atmosphere and cause havoc to the ocean currents and to the global jet stream, causing inclement weather, prolonged and recurrent droughts, heavy rains and intense, frequent and unpredictable storms. As glaciers melt away, their criticalenvironmental functions and services will wither. And as climate change warms their core, their weakening internal structure will cause a growing number of glacier tsunamis that can send deadly massive ice blocks, rocks, earth and billions of liters of water rushing down mountain valleys that takeout anything in their path. It has happened before in the Himalayas, in the Central Andes, in the Rockies and Western Cascades, and in the European Alps and it will happen again. As glaciers melt so do the vast swaths of permafrost environments that thrive in their surroundings, where thawingmillenary terrain rich in ice but also in methane gas captured hundreds of thousands of years ago, is now released into the atmosphere intensifying climate change even further.In his new book Meltdown, Jorge Daniel Taillant takes readers deeper into the cryosphere and connects the dots between climate change, glacier melt and the impacts that receding glacier ice brings to livability on Earth, to our environments and to our neighborhoods. He walks us through thelittle-known realm of the periglacial environment, a world where invisible subsurface rock glaciers with solid ice cores that will outlive exposed glaciers in our warming climate, but will they suffice to maintain our cryosphere and climate ecology in balance? In two closing chapters Taillant looksat actions that can help stop climate change and save glaciers and also contrasts how society, politics and our leaders have responded to address the COVID-19 pandemic and yet largely failed to address the even larger looming and escalating crisis of climate change.Meltdown is about glaciers and their unfolding demise during one of the most critical moments of our climate crisis. We may still be in time to save the cryosphere, if we can reconsider glaciers in a whole new light and understand the critical role they play in our own sustainability and if we canawaken to see how through glacier melt, geological ages are changing right before our eyes.
Meltdown
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Author : Patrick J. Michaels
language : en
Publisher: Cato Institute
Release Date : 2005
Meltdown written by Patrick J. Michaels and has been published by Cato Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Law categories.
Why do scientists so often offer dire predictions about the future of the environment? In Meltdown, climatologist Patrick Michaels argues that the way we do science today creates a culture of exaggeration and a political comunity that then takes credit for having saved us from certain doom.
Thin Ice
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Author : Mark Bowen
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2006-10-03
Thin Ice written by Mark Bowen and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-03 with Science categories.
"One of the best books yet published on climate change . . . The best compact history of the science of global warming I have read."—Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books The world's premier climatologist, Lonnie Thompson has been risking his career and life on the highest and most remote ice caps along the equator, in search of clues to the history of climate change. His most innovative work has taken place on these mountain glaciers, where he collects ice cores that provide detailed information about climate history, reaching back 750,000 years. To gather significant data Thompson has spent more time in the death zone—the environment above eighteen thousand feet—than any man who has ever lived. Scientist and expert climber Mark Bowen joined Thompson's crew on several expeditions; his exciting and brilliantly detailed narrative takes the reader deep inside retreating glaciers from China, across South America, and to Africa to unravel the mysteries of climate. Most important, we learn what Thompson's hard-won data reveals about global warming, the past, and the earth's probable future.
Al Gore
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Author : Joseph McGowan
language : en
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Release Date : 2009-08-07
Al Gore written by Joseph McGowan and has been published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-07 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the former vice president who became an environmental activist after narrowly losing the presidency and eventually won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on global warming.
Al Gore Large Print 16pt
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Author : Joseph McGowan
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2011-05
Al Gore Large Print 16pt written by Joseph McGowan and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From the early days of his political career to his time as U.S. vice president, Al Gore has always been concerned with the environment. His work has won such prestigious honors as the Nobel Peace Prize and an Academy Award for his film An Inconvenient Truth. Gore's passion for activism continues today, as he speaks and writes about such issues as global warming and energy use.
Children S Magazine Guide
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Children S Magazine Guide written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Children's periodicals categories.
Meltdown
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Author : Jorge Daniel Taillant
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-09-01
Meltdown written by Jorge Daniel Taillant and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-01 with Science categories.
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 and interglacial periods. These massive ice bodies hold three quarters of our freshwater, yet we don't have laws to protect them from climate change. When they melt, they increase sea levels, alter the Earth's reflectivity, wreak havoc for ocean and air currents, destabilize global ecosystems, warm our climate, and bring on floods that swamp millions of acres of coastal land. The critical ecological role they play to keep our global climate stable, and the environmental functions they provide, wither. And, as climate change warms glacier cores, collapsing glacier ice triggers tsunamis that send deadly massive ice blocks, rocks, earth, and billions of liters of water rushing down mountain valleys. It has happened before in the Himalayas, the Central Andes, the Rockies and Western Cascades, and the European Alps, and it will happen again. In his new book Meltdown, Jorge Daniel Taillant takes readers deeper into the cryosphere, connecting the dots between climate change, glacier melt, and the impacts that receding glacier ice brings to livability on Earth, to our environments, and to our communities. Taillant walks us through the little-known realm of the periglacial environment, a world of invisible subsurface rock glaciers that will outlive exposed glaciers as climate change destroys surface ice. He also looks at actions that can help stop climate change and save glaciers, exploring how society, politics, and our leaders have responded to address the global COVID-19 pandemic and yet largely continue to fail to address the even largerlooming and escalatingcrisis of climate change. Our climate is deteriorating at a drastic rate, and it's happening right in front of us. Meltdown is about glaciers and their unfolding demise during one of the most critical moments of our planet's geological history. If we can reconsider glaciers in a whole new light and understand the critical role they play in our own sustainability, we may be able to save the cryosphere.
Polar Ice Meltdown
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Author : Carol Kim
language : en
Publisher: Raintree
Release Date : 2022-03
Polar Ice Meltdown written by Carol Kim and has been published by Raintree this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03 with categories.