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Author Taillant, Jorge Daniel, 1968- author

Title Glaciers : the politics of ice / Jorge Daniel Taillant
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (336 pages)
Contents How to Read This Book; Introduction; 1. Dynamiting Glaciers; 2. What Is a Glacier?; 3. The Birth of Cryoactivism; 4. Invisible Glaciers; 5. The Barrick Veto; 6. Life Without Glaciers; 7. Resurgence; 8. Amazing Glacier Stuff; 9. Implementation; 10. The Human Right ... to Glaciers?; 11. Final Words; Appendix: The Argentine National Glacier Act; Bibliography; About the Author; Index
Summary "Glaciers is a volume about the role glaciers play in our daily lives (often without us knowing), the risks posed to glaciers from natural and anthropogenic activity (including climate change and industrial pollution), and policies and practices that should be employed to protect this fundamental hydrological reserve"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Text in English
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Subject Glaciers.
Glacial erosion.
Glaciers -- Environmental aspects
Glaciers -- Social aspects
glaciers (bodies of water)
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
Glacial erosion
Glaciers
Glaciers -- Environmental aspects
Glaciärer -- miljöaspekter.
Glaciärer -- sociala aspekter.
Erosion.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199367269
0199367264
9780197562925
0197562922