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Chargement... The Big Thaw: Travels in the Melting North (édition 2009)par Ed Struzik (Auteur)
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The effects of climate change are reshaping the Arctic profoundly. Landscapes are being radically transformed, animal habitats are disappearing, and natural resources are being revealed to an energy-starved world. Veteran Arctic journalist Ed Struzik took eleven trips throughout the north to document this rapidly changing land, gaining unprecedented access to scientific expeditions, native communities and security and sovereignty experts. The product of those trips, The Big Thaw is the only book that looks at global warming's wide-ranging impact on the Arctic. Struzik melds the vivid stories of his experiences with fascinating explorations of the Arctic's past--from the alligators and giant tortoises that inhabited the north 55 million years ago, to the 19th century explorers who died searching for the Open Polar Sea--and its possible future as the center of international struggle, underground smuggling and ecological disaster. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The author travelled to the Arctic at various times and with different people to look at different aspects of it and how it is being affected by climate change. He spoke and travelled with scientists, as well as the native people living there.
I thought it was good. He looked at different topics such as polar bears, caribou, squirrels, permafrost, glaciers, icebreakers, border disputes, and more. I did learn new things from this book, even though I've read a bit about climate change. It was published in 2009, though, so I'm sure things have changed even since then. ( )