Thin ice : unlocking the secrets of climate in the world's highest mountains / Mark Bowen

Author: Bowen, Mark (Mark Stander)
Published: New York : Henry Holt, 2005.
Edition: 1st ed.
Physical Description: 463 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm

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Contents

I: The Sajama expedition -- The mountain God -- An island in the sky -- II: Early days -- Where next? -- Beginnings -- A decade on Quelccaya -- III: The warming sets in -- First signs -- The great experiment -- Temperature follows suit -- China opens up -- IV: The essence of life -- A city by a lake -- The seesaw -- V: More pieces for the puzzle -- Casting about -- From Tibet... -- ...to Peru -- Altering the course of thinking -- Pushing back the bar -- Solving the mercer problem -- Endurance and tragedy on Dasuopu -- VI: Kilimanjaro -- Scratching the surface -- Drilling deeper -- The story in the snows.

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ISBN

0805064435

Note

"A John Macrae book."

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-443) and index.

Source of Acquisition

Behrend copy: Purchased with funds from the Verna M. Lombard Library Endowment; 20056

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