MELTDOWN: A WORLD WITHOUT ICE
Book ID/图书代码： 12844007B19428
English Summary/英文概要： Much has been written about global warming, but the crucial relationship between people and ice has received little focus—until now. As one of the world’s leading experts on climate change, Henry Pollack provides an accessible, comprehensive survey of ice as a force of nature, and the potential consequences as we face the possibility of a world without ice.
A World Without Ice traces the effect of mountain glaciers on supplies of drinking water and agricultural irrigation, as well as the current results of melting permafrost and shrinking Arctic sea ice—a situation that has degraded the habitat of numerous animals and sparked an international race for seabed oil and minerals. Catastrophic possibilities loom, including rising sea levels and subsequent flooding of lowlying regions worldwide, and the ultimate displacement of millions of coastal residents. A World Without Ice answers our most urgent questions about this pending crisis, laying out the necessary steps for managing the unavoidable and avoiding the unmanageable.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 全球暖化是二氧化碳和其他氣體排放到大氣層所造成的結果。“冰”是地球的各種氣候中扮演非常重要的角色，也是氣候轉變的重要指標。南北兩極的冰帽覆蓋了北極冰洋、格林蘭和南極洲，這些範圍廣大的冰帽把地球所吸收四分之一太陽輻射能，反射回外太空。1978至今，北極冰層每十年以百分之九的速度縮小。過去50年來，全球平均氣溫以有史以來最快的速度持續上升。科學家研究遠古冰河遺留的冰柱、海洋的沉澱物以及樹木和珊瑚環礁，發現全球暖化對人類文明造成問題是因為它會導致威力強大的暴風雨和旱災、海平線上升、氣候模式驟變以及傳染病散播等危機。這本書介紹冰是特別而且有趣的一種自然元素，因為目前對於冰的發現，只存在於地球和部分太陽系的星球，透過這本書我們會更加了解，冰和人類是相互關聯的共生體。
Awards/获奖情况：An Inconvenient Truth《不願面對的真相》2007諾貝爾和平獎得主: 美國前副總統 Al Gore專序推薦
About the Author/作者介绍： Henry N. Pollack是美國密西根大學榮譽教授，他把深奧的科學以淺顯易懂的方式啟發大眾。他帶領一群由白宮、美國國會議員和政府組織的氣候變化小組到南極進行生態旅遊；他也是國家自然科學基金會(NSF)、國家科學研究院(NAS)和美國前副總統高爾的氣候訓練計畫方案的專業顧問。Henry Pollack博士在世界各地巡迴演講，推廣保護自然生態環境。
Dr. Pollack knows how to make complex science engaging and understandable to everyone. A noted Professor Emeritus at University of Michigan, where he has taught over 40 years, Dr. Pollack also loves to teach outside of his university. He helps lead yearly eco-tours to Antarctica; briefs members of Congress, the White House and governmental panels on climate change; has served on many advisory panels for the National Science Foundation and testified before National Academy of Science; discusses issues involving ice with business and community leaders; and serves as a science advisor to Al Gore’s Climate Project training programs in the USA and abroad. Dr. Pollack’s previous book, Uncertain Science - Uncertain World (Cambridge University Press, 2003), which addresses the issue of scientific uncertainty, received praise for making scientific concepts readable and interesting.
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