Title:
Brave new Arctic : the untold story of the melting North
Author:
Publication Date:
2018
Publication Information:
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Physical Description:
xii, 255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780691173993
Abstract:
In the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding. This was accompanied by shifts in ocean circulation and unexpected changes in weather patterns throughout the world. The Arctic's perennially frozen ground, known as permafrost, was warming, and treeless tundra was being overtaken by shrubs. What was going on? Brave New Arctic is Mark Serreze's riveting firsthand account of how scientists from around the globe came together to find answers.
Contents:
Beginnings -- It's not what it used to be -- The Arctic stirs -- Unaami -- Epiphany -- Rude awakenings -- Looking ahead.
Language:
English
