Early Warming: Crisis and Response in the Climate-Changed North

by Nancy Lord

Book Overview

In Shishmaref, Alaska, new seawalls are constructed while residents navigate the many practical and bureaucratic obstacles to moving their entire island village to higher ground. Farther south, inland hunters and fishermen set out to grow more of their own food--and to support the reintroduction of wood bison, an ancient species well suited to expected habitat changes. First Nations people in Canada team with conservationists to protect land for both...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582438021
• ISBN13: 9781582438023
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Catapult
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"