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The whale and the supercomputer
on the northern front of climate change
By Wohlforth, Charles P.
- ISBN
- 978-0-86547-659-2
- Publisher
- New York : North Point Press, 2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2004
Twenty-eight years of atmospheric carbon dioxide data show a steady increase of carbon dioxide in the Arctic. Similarly, winter temperature measurements indicate steadily warming winters. Meanwhile, Inupiaq Eskimo whalers living in arctic Alaska know that the ice has changed. One misjudgment, and whaling crews get stranded when ice floes break away from land. In this truly extraordinary book, journalist Wohlforth, an Alaskan resident, tackles the central question of our ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
