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Silent snow : the slow poisoning of the Arctic
- Title
- Silent snow : the slow poisoning of the Arctic / Marla Cone.
- Author
- Cone, Marla.
- Publication
- New York : Grove Press, 2005.
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Details
- Description
- ix, 246 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Alternative Title
- 1st ed.
- Subject
- Pollution > Arctic regions
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JSE 05-1292
- ISBN
- 080211797X
- LCCN
- 2004060707
- OCLC
- 57201334
- Author
- Cone, Marla.
- Title
- Silent snow : the slow poisoning of the Arctic / Marla Cone.
- Imprint
- New York : Grove Press, 2005.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JSE 05-1292