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The ice at the end of the world : an epic journey into Greenland's buried past and our perilous future (engelsk)
Af Jon Gertner (2019)
An urgent account of the explorers and scientists racing to understand the rapidly melting ice sheet in Greenland, a dramatic harbinger of climate change. As Greenland's ice melts and runs off into the sea, it not only threatens to affect hundreds of millions of people who live in coastal areas. It will also have drastic effects on ocean currents, weather systems, economies, and migration patterns
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Type
Bog
Format
illustreret, kort
Sprog
engelsk
Emneord
Emnetal
55.3
Beskrivelse
Indhold: Introduction: The view from above ; Explorations (1888-1931) (The scheme of a lunatic ; Hauling ; Simple and easy ; North by Northeast ; A pure primitive realm ; Thule ; TNT ; Digging) ; Investigations (1949-2018) (Machine age ; The Americans ; Drilling ; Jesus ice ; Deeper ; Sensing ; A key ; Meltwater season) ; Epilogue: The ice clock
ISBN
9780812996623
Udgave
1. edition
Omfang
xxiii, 418 sider
Forlag
Random House
Målgruppe
alment niveauvoksenmaterialer