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The Hidden Life of Ice
- Narrator
- Joel Richards
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 18 August 2020
- Run Time
- 3 hours 58 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- History, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Conservation of the environment, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Glaciers and ice caps, Science: general issues, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Physical geography and topography, History of other geographical groupings and regions, Climate change
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Barely inhabited, the Arctic is an alien world to most of us. It also holds critical clues about the future of our planet. In The Hidden Life of Ice, Marco Tedesco invites us to Greenland, where he and his fellow scientists are doggedly researching the dramatic changes afoot. Following the arc of his typical day at work, Tedesco unearths the secrets in the ice—from evidence of long-extinct "polar camels" to the fantastically weird microorganisms living at freezing temperatures in cryoconite holes.
Tedesco weaves together the bald facts on climate change with poetic reflections on this endangered landscape, the epic deeds of great Arctic explorers, and the legends of the rare local populations. The Hidden Life of Ice is more than a diatribe on climate—it's a moving tribute to a beautiful place that may be gone too soon.
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Details
- Author
- Alberto Flores d'Arcais, Marco Tedesco
- Narrator
- Joel Richards
- Duration
- 3 hours 58 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 August 2020
- ISBN
- 9781705252949
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- History, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Conservation of the environment, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Glaciers and ice caps, Science: general issues, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Physical geography and topography, History of other geographical groupings and regions, Climate change
Synopsis
A pioneering researcher's illuminating account of Arctic ice—its secret history and dire futureBarely inhabited, the Arctic is an alien world to most of us. It also holds critical clues about the future of our planet. In The Hidden Life of Ice, Marco Tedesco invites us to Greenland, where he and his fellow scientists are doggedly researching the dramatic changes afoot. Following the arc of his typical day at work, Tedesco unearths the secrets in the ice—from evidence of long-extinct "polar camels" to the fantastically weird microorganisms living at freezing temperatures in cryoconite holes.Tedesco weaves together the bald facts on climate change with poetic reflections on this endangered landscape, the epic deeds of great Arctic explorers, and the legends of the rare local populations. The Hidden Life of Ice is more than a diatribe on climate—it's a moving tribute to a beautiful place that may be gone too soon.
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