Meltdown: The Earth Without Glaciers

by Jorge Daniel Taillant

Book Overview

We hear about pieces of ice the size of continents breaking off of Antarctica, rapidly melting glaciers in the Himalayas, and ice sheets in the Arctic crumbling to the sea, but does it really matter? Will melting glaciers change our lives? Absolutely.

Glaciers are built and destroyed during ice ages and interglacial periods. These massive ice bodies hold three quarters of our freshwater, yet we don't have laws to protect them...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190080329
• ISBN13: 9780190080327
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.4"