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Mountains
- Environmental Issues, Global Perspectives
Engelsk
Bogcover for Mountains af James Fargo Balliett, 9780765682338
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
168
ISBN-13:
9780765682338
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0765682338
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
14 maj 2014
Størrelse i cm:
25,4 x 17,8
Oplagsdato:
14 maj 2014
Forfatter(e):

Mountains

- Environmental Issues, Global Perspectives
Engelsk
Paperback 2014
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Always awe-inspiring, mountainous areas contain hundreds of millions of years of history, stretching back to the earliest continental landforms. This book shows how mountains are characterized by their distinctive geological, ecological, and biological conditions. Often, they are so large that they create their own weather patterns. They also store nearly one-third of the world’s freshwater—in the form of ice and snow—on their slopes. Despite their daunting size and often formidable climates, mountains are affected by growing local populations, as well as distant influences, such as air pollution and global climate change.

Three detailed case studies are presented. The first shows how global warming in East Africa is harming Mount Kenya’s regional population, which relies on mountain runoff to irrigate farms for subsistence crops. The second examines the fragile ecology of the South Island Mountain in New Zealand’s Southern Alps and how development threatens the region’s endemic plant and animal species. The third discusses the impact of mountain use over time in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, where management efforts have been used to limit the growing footprint of millions of annual visitors and alpine trekkers.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
168
ISBN-13:
9780765682338
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0765682338
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
14 maj 2014
Størrelse i cm:
25,4 x 17,8
Oplagsdato:
14 maj 2014
Forfatter(e):
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