The hidden life of ice : dispatches from a disappearing world /
M. Tedesco
Bok · Engelsk · 2020
| Originaltittel | [ Ghiaccio. .] English
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| Omfang | pages cm
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| Opplysninger | First published in English in North America in revised form by The Experiment, LLC, in 2020.. - Includes index.. - Originally published in Italy as Ghiaccio by il Saggiatore in 2019.. - "A pioneering researcher's illuminating account of Arctic ice--its secret history and dire future. Tedesco unearths its secrets--from evidence of long-extinct "polar camels" to fantastically weird microorganisms living at freezing temperature in cryoconite holes--and weaves together the bald facts on climate change with poetic reflections on this endangered landscape, epic tales of Arctic explorers, and the legends of the rare local populations"--
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| ISBN | 9781615196999
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