Silent snow : the slow poisoning of the Arctic
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802142597
- ISBN: 0802142591
- ISBN: 9780802117977
- ISBN: 080211797X
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Physical Description:
ix, 246 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Grove Press, 2005.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A moral compass in a vast, lonely land -- I: The Arctic paradox -- Blowing in the wind: a contaminant's long journey north -- Unexpected poisons: serendipity at the top of the world -- The world's unfortunate laboratory -- Plight of the ice bear: top of the world, top of the food web -- Ties that bind in Greenland -- A fish can't feed a village: Alaska's communal hunts -- II: Scientists seeking order out of chaos -- Fear is toxic, too: communicating risk to Canada's Inuit -- Into the brains of babes: searching for clues in Faroese children -- Beyond silent spring: a global assault on sex hormones and immune systems -- The Arctic in flux: global conspirators and the whims of climate -- Islands of sudden change: the evolution of the Aleutians -- III: Solutions and predictions -- The diagnosis: scientists write a prescription -- POPs and politics: taking the first step toward a solution -- The chain of evil continues unbroken: the Arctic's new toxic legacies -- Survival of the fittest: walking in the Inuits footsteps. |
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Subject: | Pollution Arctic regions Pollution Environmental aspects Arctic regions Environmental Pollution Arctic Regions Pollution Arctique Pollution Aspect de l'environnement Arctique |
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Homer Public Library | AK 363.7384 CON (Text) | 000101790 | Alaskana -- Nonfiction | Available | - |