Title:
Glaciers : the politics of ice / Jorge Daniel Taillant.
Author:
Taillant, Jorge Daniel, 1968-
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Call Number:
GB2405 .T35 2015
Abstract:
"Glaciers is a volume about the role glaciers play in our daily lives (often without us knowing), the risks posed to glaciers from natural and anthropogenic activity (including climate change and industrial pollution), and policies and practices that should be employed to protect this fundamental hydrological reserve"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780199367252
Physical Description:
xxi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
How to Read this Book -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Dynamiting Glaciers -- Chapter 2: What is a Glacier? -- Chapter 3: The Birth of Cryoactivism -- Chapter 4: Invisible Glaciers -- Chapter 5: The Barrick Veto -- Chapter 6: Life without Glaciers -- Chapter 7: Resurgence -- Chapter 8: Amazing Glacier Stuff -- Chapter 9: Implementation -- Chapter 10: The Human Right... to Glaciers? -- Chapter 11: Final Words -- Appendix: The Argentine National Glacier Protection Law.
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