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Title

Fire and ice : soot, solidarity, and survival on the roof of the world / Jonathan Mingle.

Author

Mingle, Jonathan.

Publication

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.

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Description

viii, 450 pages, [16] pages of plates : color illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"A thousand years ago in a Himalayan valley, the village of Kumik was founded. For generations, Kumik villagers survived by learning to cultivate their mountain terrain, drawing from the waters of the glacier and snows above the village. But now the glacier is almost gone, and Kumik is dying. Why? As Fire and Ice reveals, the culprit is black carbon, the most dangerous pollutant in the world and the least understood. Black carbon absorbs more heat per unit of mass in the atmosphere than greenhouse gases, and contributes as much to melting the glaciers of the Himalaya as carbon dioxide. It's also a major component of the household air pollution that causes 4.3 million deaths each year from respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses, and 3 million more from outdoor pollutants such as industrial exhaust. Black carbon threatens to overwhelm Kumik, unless the village can change the way it cooks, heats, farms and lives. In Fire and Ice, Jonathan Mingle weaves a dramatic narrative of one village's inspiring efforts to adapt to a rapidly changing environment, and a scientific detective tale about the impact of fire on every nation. Ranging from the Tibetan Plateau to New York and Washington, D.C., from Delhi and Kathmandu and China to northern California, Fire and Ice is a heroic exploration of our race to change the fate of our planet"--

Subject

• Carbon dioxide mitigation > India > Kumik
• Biomass stoves > India > Kumik
• Air > Pollution > India > Kumik
• Atmospheric carbon dioxide > Environmental aspects > India > Kumik
• Soot > Environmental aspects > India > Kumik
• SCIENCE > Environmental Science
• Himalaya Mountains Region > Climate
• Kumik (India) > Climate

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

A hearth tale -- The curse -- Our dark materials -- Water connection, fire connection -- The road to Shangri-La -- The burdens of fire -- Water towers falling -- In search of Phunsukh Wangdu -- Now we're cooking with gas! -- The view from Sultan Largo -- Epilogue: Carrying embers.

Call Number

JSE 15-99

ISBN

• 9781250029508
• 1250029503

LCCN

2014036955

OCLC

890971736

Author

Mingle, Jonathan.

Title

Fire and ice : soot, solidarity, and survival on the roof of the world / Jonathan Mingle.

Publisher

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Research Call Number

JSE 15-99