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The Whale and the Supercomputer

On the Northern Front of Climate Change

The Whale and the Supercomputer( )
Author: Wohlforth, Charles P.
ISBN:978-0-86547-659-2
Publication Date:Apr 2004
Publisher:Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Imprint:North Point Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $25.00
Book Description:

Scientists and natives wrestle with our changing climate in the land where it has hit first--and hardest A traditional Eskimo whale-hunting party races to shore near Barrow, Alaska--their comrades trapped on a floe drifting out to sea--as ice that should be solid this time of year gives way. Elsewhere, a team of scientists transverses the tundra, sleeping in tents, surviving on frozen chocolate, and measuring the snow every ten kilometers in a quest to understand the effects of...
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Book Details
Pages:336
Detailed Subjects: Science / Global Warming & Climate Change
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 1.15 Inches
Book Weight:1.28 Pounds



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