Chasing icebergs
how frozen freshwater can save the planet
Book - 2023
"Harvesting icebergs for drinking water is not a new idea. But for the first time in human history, doing so on a massive global scale is both increasingly feasible and necessary for our survival. Chasing Icebergs delivers a kaleidoscopic history of humans' relationship with icebergs, and offers an urgent assessment of the technological, cultural, and legal obstacles we must overcome to harness this freshwater resource"--
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New York, NY :
Pegasus Books,
2023.
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| Edition: | First Pegasus Books edition. |
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| 300 | |a xi, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue -- Introduction: A quixotic fantasy? -- Battling bergs -- How to capture frozen freshwater -- Squeezing profits from ice -- Icebergs for the mass market -- Bending the global arc -- Situating icebergs -- The law of icebergs -- Conclusion: making the dream a reality. | |
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