The White Planet: The Evolution and Future of Our Frozen World - Couverture souple

Jouzel, Jean

 
9780691173474: The White Planet: The Evolution and Future of Our Frozen World
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0691173478 ISBN 13 : 9780691173474
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2016

Synopsis

A gripping journey through the icy regions of our changing planet

From the Arctic Ocean and ice sheets of Greenland, to the glaciers of the Andes and Himalayas, to the great frozen desert of Antarctica, The White Planet takes readers on a spellbinding scientific journey through the shrinking world of ice and snow to tell the story of the expeditions and discoveries that have transformed our understanding of global climate. Written by three internationally renowned scientists at the center of many breakthroughs in ice core and climate science, this book provides an unparalleled firsthand account of how the "white planet" affects global climate-and how, in turn, global warming is changing the frozen world.

Jean Jouzel, Claude Lorius, and Dominique Raynaud chronicle the daunting scientific, technical, and human hurdles that they and other scientists have had to overcome in order to unravel the mysteries of past and present climate change, as revealed by the cryosphere--the dynamic frozen regions of our planet. Scientifically impeccable, up-to-date, and accessible, The White Planet brings cutting-edge climate research to general readers through a vivid narrative. This is an essential book for anyone who wants to understand the inextricable link between climate and our planet's icy regions.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jean Jouzel, Claude Lorius, and Dominique Raynaud are internationally acclaimed scientists who have won many awards for their work documenting long-term climate change through the study of deep ice cores. Jouzel and Raynaud are members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and Lorius was awarded the 2009 Blue Planet Prize.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691173478
ISBN 13 
9780691173474
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
324
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780691144993: The White Planet: The Evolution and Future of Our Frozen World

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0691144990 ISBN 13 :  9780691144993
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2013
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