Jorge Daniel Taillant
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"We hear about pieces of ice the size of continents breaking off of Antarctica, rapidly melting glaciers in the Himalayas, and ice sheets in the Arctic crumbling to the sea, but does it really matter? Will melting glaciers change our lives? Absolutely. Glaciers are built and destroyed during ice ages and interglacial periods. These massive ice bodies hold three quarters of our freshwater, yet we don't have laws to protect them from climate change....
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Glaciers is a volume about the role glaciers play in our daily lives, the risks posed to glaciers from natural and anthropogenic activity, and policies and practices that should be employed to protect this fundamental hydrological reserve"--