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Ice Rivers

by Jemma Wadham

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On Thin Ice: Glaciers, Geopolitics, and Nature's Goods

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Glaciologist Jemma Wadham explores the world's glaciers, revealing them to be far from sterile frozen wastelands — instead teeming with microbial life as rich as forests — while examining the dangers of melting ice sheets, including the release of vast quantities of methane into sensitive marine ecosystems.

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