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Kingdom of frost : how the cryosphere shapes life on Earth

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  • Author: Vassnes, Bjørn
    Contributor: Moffatt, Lucy
    Date:
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    2020
    Summary:

    An award-winning science journalist explains what Earths frozen waters tell us about the past, present, and future of humanity. The Kingdom of Frost, or what scientists call the cryosphere, refers to all of Earths frozen waters. Glaciers, ice caps, and fields of Arctic snowthe cryosphere is vital to our survival. It supplies us with water and helps cool cities from Bangladesh to Bangkok, Los Angeles to Oslo. In this captivating, eye-opening account, esteemed Norwegian writer Bjrn Vassnes interweaves brilliant climate reporting with the fascinating story of Earths frozen world. He draws on cultural history and anthropology to tell us how the cryosphere once helped to spark life on Earthand how it continues to sustain us despite its shrinking size. And he answers pressing questions such as: What will happen if it all disappears?

    Contents:
    • Cover
    • Title Page
    • Contents
    • Timeline-Earth's History
    • Prologue: The Dance of the White Caps
    • 1. Melting
    • 2. Between Fire and Ice
    • 3. The First Snow
    • A Closer Look: The Greenhouse Effect
    • A Closer Look: Albedo-the Effect of Whiteness
    • 4. In the Realm of the Snow Queen
    • 5. Life beneath the Snow
    • 6. More Than a Hundred Words for Snow
    • 7. Traces of Ice: The Discovery of Our Frozen Past
    • 8. Paradise
    • 9. The Backbone of the Continent
    • 10. The Alps: When the Cryosphere Becomes Dangerous
    • 11. The River Goddess and Her Sisters
    • 12. Toward Niflheim 13. The White Continent
    • A Closer Look: The Cryosphere Today
    • 14. Laboratory Earth: Life's Frozen History
    • 15. Children of the Ice
    • 16. Out of Eden
    • 17. When the Ice Returned
    • 18. Thin Ice: What's Happening to the Cryosphere?
    • 19. The Roof of the World Is Melting
    • 20. Invisible Glaciers and Cryoactivists
    • 21. Frozen Earth
    • 22. Climate Bombs in the Tundra
    • 23. Climate Help from the Animal Kingdom
    • 24. Last Dance? (Is There a Future for the Cryosphere?)
    • Notes
    • Index
    • Copyright Page
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    Original Publisher: Vancouver, Berkeley, Greystone Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781771644556, 1771644559
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