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When The Ice Is Gone : what a Greenland ice core reveals about Earth's tumultuous history and perilous future / Paul Bierman.

By:

Bierman, Paul [Author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton and Company, [2024]Edition: First editionDescription: 291 pages illustrations, maps 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Audience:

General
Any audience

ISBN:

9781324020677
1324020679

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

551.6998/2 23/eng/20240809

LOC classification:

QC903.2.G83 B54 2024

Contents:

Prologue -- The inhospitable island -- Frozen water -- Into the ice -- Warmth beneath the snow -- Hitting bottom -- Aging -- When Greenland was green -- Iceless.

Summary: Paul Bierman's realization that Greenland's ice sheet melted when Earth was no warmer than today sounds an alarm for our planet.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	John Tomay Memorial Library	ANF	551.69 BIE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	31030100307065

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new book 2024 fall.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-278) and index.

Prologue -- The inhospitable island -- Frozen water -- Into the ice -- Warmth beneath the snow -- Hitting bottom -- Aging -- When Greenland was green -- Iceless.

Paul Bierman's realization that Greenland's ice sheet melted when Earth was no warmer than today sounds an alarm for our planet.

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