The Ice at the End of the World

The Ice at the End of the World
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Total Pages : 449
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ISBN-10 : 9780812996623
ISBN-13 : 0812996623
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Book Synopsis The Ice at the End of the World by : Jon Gertner

Download or read book The Ice at the End of the World written by Jon Gertner and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An urgent account of the explorers and scientists racing to understand the rapidly melting ice sheet in Greenland, a dramatic harbinger of climate change. As Greenland's ice melts and runs off into the sea, it not only threatens to affect hundreds of millions of people who live in coastal areas. It will also have drastic effects on ocean currents, weather systems, economies, and migration patterns


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