My world is melting : living with climate change in Svalbard


Line Nagell Ylvisåker
Bok Engelsk 2022
Medvirkende
Omfang
187 sider
Opplysninger
In 2015, an avalanche thundered down from the mountain Sukkertoppen and hit 11 houses in Longyearbyen. A two-year-old girl and a young father died. There were landslides, and houses were evacuated. Line Nagell Ylvisåker had built a life in Longyearbyen. Suddenly she became uneasy. What was happening to her beloved Svalbard? A climate scientist warned the archipelago would get several degrees warmer. Line started to investigate, and even met a meteorologist who was buried in the snow masses. She talked to a climate scientist and a trapper with 40 winterings under his belt. She was shown how the deep sea has systematically warmed up. It was evident times were changing.This is a story about living in the midst of a hot spot of climate change.
Emner
climate change klimaendringer global warming global oppvarming
Svalbard Longyearbyen
Geografisk emneord
Dewey
ISBN
9788269284300

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