A farewell to ice : a report from the Arctic /

A farewell to ice : a report from the Arctic /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Wadhams, P., author.
Imprint:	New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Description:	xv, 240 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 21 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Sea ice -- Arctic regions. Ice -- Arctic regions. Climatic changes -- Arctic regions. Climatic changes. Ecology. Ice. Sea ice. Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions. Arctic Regions.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11331765

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ISBN:	9780190691158 0190691158
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-219) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Plates
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Foreword
1. Introduction: a blue Arctic
2. Ice, the magic crystal
3. A brief history of ice on planet Earth
4. The modern cycle of ice ages
5. The greenhouse effect
6. Sea ice meltback begins
7. The future of Arctic sea ice - the death spiral
8. The accelerating effects of Arctic feedbacks
9. Arctic methane, a catastrophe in the making
10. Strange weather
11. The secret life of chimneys
12. What's happening to the Antarctic?
13. The state of the planet
14. A call to arms
References
Index