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OverviewGlobal warming usually seems to happen far away, but one catastrophic effect of climate change is underway right now in the Rocky Mountains. In The Melting World, Chris White travels to Montana to chronicle the work of Dan Fagre, a climate scientist and ecologist, whose work shows that alpine glaciers are vanishing rapidly close to home. For years, Fagre has monitored the ice sheets in Glacier National Park proving that they--and by extension all Rocky Mountain ice--will melt far faster than previously imagined. How long will the ice fields survive? What are the consequences on our environment? The Melting World chronicles the first extinction of a mountain ecosystem in what is expected to be a series of such global calamities as humanity faces the prospect of a world without alpine ice. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Director Christopher White (Ashmolean Museum)Publisher: St. Martin's Press Imprint: St. Martin's Press Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 24.30cm Weight: 0.490kg ISBN: 9780312546281ISBN 10: 0312546289 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 03 September 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews<p>Praise for Skipjack <br> Christopher White's Skipjack which chronicles the Chesapeake life history and impending death of our nation's last fishery under sail, is a colorful, comprehensive, and valuable piece of Americana. --Peter Mathiessen<p> [An] evocative portrait of the nation's most beautiful and poignant vocational anachronism. It's an action-packed tale, complete with waterborne grudge matches, on-deck shootouts, fierce winter storms and suspenseful escapes. -- The Washington Post Author InformationCHRISTOPHER WHITE has written several books, including Skipjack: The Story of America's Last Sailing Oystermen, and written for National Geographic, Exploration, and other publications. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |