Screen LibraryThe white planet：the evolution and future of our frozen world
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. Oxford |
| Publication Dates: | c2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Planete blanche. |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 306 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780691144993 (cloth : alk. paper) 0691144990 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780691173474 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | P343 |
| CLC: | P343.6 |
| Call Number: | P343.6/J869 |
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"First published in France under the title Planete blanche, les glaces, le climat et l'environnement, Odile Jacob, 2008." Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-290) and index. The world of ice : past and present. The ice on our planet ; From exploration to scientific observation ; Ice through the ages -- Polar ice : amazing archives. Reconstructing the climates of the past ; Glacial archives ; The campaigns ; Vostok: the cornucopia ; Dome C : 800,000 years and the revolution of the rhythm of glaciations ; Rapid climatic variations ; The last 10,000 years : an almost stable climate -- The White Planet tomorrow. The climate and greenhouse gases ; Have humans already changed the climate? ; What will the climate be in the future? ; A warming with multiple consequences |