A farewell to ice / (Record no. 71465)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | u79691 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20171208181001.0 |
| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 170316s2016 enkabf b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780241009413 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | NLE |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | NLE |
| Modifying agency | OCLCO |
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| -- | UK-LoPHL |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 363.7009113 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wadhams, P. |
| Relator term | author. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 113809 |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A farewell to ice / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Peter Wadhams ; with a foreword by Walter Munk. |
| 246 38 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Farewell to ice : |
| Remainder of title | a report from the Arctic |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | [London] : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Allen Lane, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2016. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xv, 239 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |
| Other physical details | illustrations, maps |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | still image |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | cartographic image |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | unmediated |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | volume |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Maps on lining papers. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Most of the scientific establishment predict that the North Pole will be free of ice around the middle of this century. As Peter Wadhams, the world's leading expert on sea ice, demonstrates in this book, even this bleak assessment of the future is grossly optimistic. Wadhams has visited the Polar Regions more often than any other living scientist - 50 times since he was on the first ship to circumnavigate the Americas in 1970 - and has a uniquely authoritative perspective on the changes they have undergone and where those changes will lead. From his observations and the latest scientific research, he describes how dramatically sea ice has diminished over the past three decades, to the point at which, by the time this book is published, the Arctic may be free of ice for the first time in 10,000 years.Wadhams shows how sea ice is the 'canary in the mine' of planetary climate change. He describes how it forms and the vital role it plays in reflecting solar heat back into space and providing an 'air conditioning' system for the planet. He shows how a series of rapid feedbacks in the Arctic region are accelerating change there more rapidly than almost all scientists - and political authorities - have previously realised, and the dangers of further acceleration are very real.A Farewell to Ice is a report from the frontline of planetary change in the Arctic and Antarctic by a leading authority, presenting incontrovertible scientific data, but always in clear language which the layman can easily understand. It is one of the most important books published in recent years about the existential challenge which human civilization now faces. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Climatic changes |
| Geographic subdivision | Arctic regions. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 58178 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Ice |
| Geographic subdivision | Arctic regions. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 60443 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Global warming |
| Geographic subdivision | Arctic regions. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 60444 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Arctic regions |
| General subdivision | Environmental conditions. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 21901 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Munk, Walter H. |
| Fuller form of name | (Walter Heinrich), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1917- |
| Relator term | writer of foreword. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 113810 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Suppress in OPAC | Do not suppress in OPAC |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Copy number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| House of Lords Library - Palace | House of Lords Library - Palace | Dewey | 14/03/2017 | 16.80 | 1 | 363.7009113 WAD | 013718 | 27/02/2020 | 10/02/2020 | 1 | 16.80 | 08/12/2017 | Book |