Glaciers : the politics of ice /
Taillant, Jorge Daniel, 1968-
Glaciers : the politics of ice / Jorge Daniel Taillant. - xxi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dynamiting glaciers -- What is a glacier? -- The birth of cryoactivism -- Invisible glaciers -- The Barrick veto -- Life without glaciers -- Resurgence -- Amazing glacier stuff -- Implementation -- The human right... to glaciers? -- Final words -- Appendix: The Argentine National Glacier Protection Law.
"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"--
0199367256 (hardback) 9780199367252 (hardback)
2014043381
Glacial erosion.
Glaciers--Environmental aspects.
Glaciers--Social aspects.
Glaciers.
Glaciers : the politics of ice / Jorge Daniel Taillant. - xxi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dynamiting glaciers -- What is a glacier? -- The birth of cryoactivism -- Invisible glaciers -- The Barrick veto -- Life without glaciers -- Resurgence -- Amazing glacier stuff -- Implementation -- The human right... to glaciers? -- Final words -- Appendix: The Argentine National Glacier Protection Law.
"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"--
0199367256 (hardback) 9780199367252 (hardback)
2014043381
Glacial erosion.
Glaciers--Environmental aspects.
Glaciers--Social aspects.
Glaciers.