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BL
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624256
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Taillant, Jorge Daniel,1968-
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| Title & Author
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Glaciers : : the politics of ice /\ Jorge Daniel Taillant
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xxi, 334 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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9780199367252
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: 0199367256
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-326) and index
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| Contents
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How to Read this Book -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Dynamiting Glaciers -- Chapter 2: What is a Glacier? -- Chapter 3: The Birth of Cryoactivism -- Chapter 4: Invisible Glaciers -- Chapter 5: The Barrick Veto -- Chapter 6: Life without Glaciers -- Chapter 7: Resurgence -- Chapter 8: Amazing Glacier Stuff -- Chapter 9: Implementation -- Chapter 10: The Human Right... to Glaciers? -- Chapter 11: Final Words -- Appendix: The Argentine National Glacier Protection Law
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| Abstract
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"Glaciers is a volume about the role glaciers play in our daily lives (often without us knowing), the risks posed to glaciers from natural and anthropogenic activity (including climate change and industrial pollution), and policies and practices that should be employed to protect this fundamental hydrological reserve"--
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Glaciers
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Glacial erosion
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Glaciers-- Environmental aspects
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Glaciers-- Social aspects
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| Dewey Classification
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551.31/2
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| LC Classification
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GB2405.T35 2015
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