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Climatologists United States Biography Ecologists United States Biography Fagre, Dan Glacial erosion Glacier National Park (Mont.) Environmental conditions Glaciers Glaciers Environmental aspects Glaciers Social aspects Rocky Mountains Environmental conditions SCIENCE / Environmental ScienceWhite, Christopher P.
Summary: "In The Melting World, Chris White travels to Montana to chronicle the work of Dan Fagre, a climate scientist and ecologist, whose work shows that alpine glaciers are vanishing rapidly close to home. For years, Fagre has monitored the ice sheets in Glacier National Park proving that they--and by extension all Rocky Mountain ice--will melt far faster than previously imagined. The Melting World...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2013
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Summary: "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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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2015