Out of the ice : how climate change is revealing the past / written by Claire Eamer ; illustrated by Drew Shannon.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1771387319
- 9781771387316
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 508.311 E12 | Available | 33111008925816 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
As climate change is warming our planet, the ice in Earth's cryosphere is melting - from glaciers to mountain top patches to permafrost. An unexpected result of this melting has been the discovery of artefacts 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 of the ice, is the work of researchers in a brand-new scientific field called glacial archaeology.
Includes glossary and index (page 32).
As the Earth's climate continues to warm, the permafrost melts, glaciers are receding and ice patches are shrinking. It is a unique time on our planet, one that has resulted in a treasury of preserved organic material (e.g., caribou droppings and human and animal remains) and inorganic artifacts (e.g., tools and clothing) is being revealed by the big melt, providing us with entirely new information about how people and animals lived up to several thousand years ago. But it's a race against time for archaeologists because as soon as the objects begin to thaw, they also begin to disintegrate.