Out of the Ice: How Climate Change Is Revealing the Past

by Claire Eamer

Book Overview

As climate change is warming our planet, the ice in Earth's cryosphere is melting --- from glaciers to mountaintop patches to permafrost. An unexpected result of this melting has been the discovery of artifacts that were long preserved in the ice's depths. Tools, clothing and, perhaps most remarkable, human bodies have been revealed at the edges the retreating ice. Examining these discoveries, along with traces of plants and animals also melting out...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771387319
• ISBN13: 9781771387316
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.7" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7