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Glaciers - The Politics of Ice (Hardcover)
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Glaciers - The Politics of Ice (Hardcover)
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Though not traditionally thought of as key natural resource,
glaciers are a crucial part of both our global ecosystem and the
sustaining of life around the world. Comprising three quarters of
the worlds fresh water, they freeze in the winter and melt in the
summer, supplying water that is plentiful enough for agriculture
and clean enough to drink. Without them, many of the planets rivers
would run dry shortly after the winter snow-melt. In fact, a single
mid-sized glacier in regions like California, Argentina, India,
Kyrgyzstan, or Chile can provide an entire community with drinking
water for generations. On the other hand, when global temperatures
rise not only does glacier ice wither away into the oceans, but
these massive ice bodies can become unstable and cause severe
natural events like glacier tsunamis. But glaciers often exist well
outside our environmental consciousness, and they are mostly
unprotected from atmospheric impacts from transportation emissions,
or from industrial threats such as the mining industry, which seeks
the precious metals that lie beneath them. Glaciers: The Politics
of Ice is a scientific, cultural, and political examination of the
cryospherethe earths iceand the environmental policies that aim to
protect it. Jorge Daniel Taillant discusses the debates and
negotiations behind the passing of the worlds first
glacier-protection law in the mid-2000s, and reveals the tension
between the industry experts, politicians, and glacier
conservationists. The book provides the basic environmental science
behind glaciers, outlines current and future risks to their
preservation, and reveals the intriguing politics behind the debate
over glacier policies and laws. Taillant also makes suggestions on
what can be done to preserve these crucial sources of fresh water,
from both a scientific and policymaking standpoint.
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