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Leader LDR cam a 00
Control # 1 hbl99043744
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20220609132520.0
Fixed Data 8 090727s2009 nyuab b 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2009030326
ISBN 20    $a9781583333570
ISBN 20    $a1583333576
Local Ctrl # 35    $a(OCoLC)ocn311776118
Obsolete 39    $a258592$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dEINCP$dC#P$dYAM$dGDC$dFMU$dAGL$dCDX$dDLC$dGCG
LC Call 50 00 $aGB2405$b.P55 2009
NAL Call # 70 $aGB2405$b.P55 2009
Dewey Class 82 00 $a551.31/2$222
ME:Pers Name 100 $aPollack, H. N.
Title 245 12 $aA world without ice /$cHenry Pollack ; [foreword by Al Gore].
Imprint 260    $aNew York :$bAvery,$cc2009.
Phys Descrpt 300    $axv, 287 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Note:Content 505 $aDiscovering ice -- Ice and life : on earth and beyond -- When ice ruled the world -- Warming up -- Nature at work -- Human footprints -- Melting ice, rising seas -- Choices amid change.
Abstract 520    $aThis book examines the effects of global warming by looking carefully at the potential consequences of a world without ice. The author traces the effect of mountain glaciers on supplies of drinking water and agricultural irrigation, as well as the current results of melting permafrost and shrinking Arctic sea ice--a situation that has degraded the habitat of numerous animals and sparked an international race for seabed oil and minerals. Catastrophic possibilities loom, including rising sea levels and subsequent flooding of low-lying regions worldwide, and the ultimate displacement of millions of coastal residents. This book answers the most urgent questions about this pending crisis, laying out the necessary steps for managing the unavoidable and avoiding the unmanageable.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aGlaciers.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aIce.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aGlobal warming.