Climate Change in the Adirondacks: The Path to Sustainability
Language: English
Published by Comstock Publishing associates/Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 2010
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1st printing. Foreword by Bill McKibben. A bright, clean, tight, collector-worthy copy sans flaws. From McKibben's Foreword: "Thanks to Jerrry Jenkins, I think the future has been plotted more firmly for the Adirondacks than perhaps any other region on the planet. With his trademark ability to work across disciplines, he has taken evidence from every branch of the sciences, including the social sciences, to paint a devastating picture of where we are headed. These are the biggest changes the park has faced since the last Ice Age, and if we allow them to play out in full many of the glories of the Adirondacks will simply be gone. Jerry Jenkins has emerged as the information source for our mountains. This book is a great resource and a great gift; we are all in his debt." PROLIFICALLY ILLUSTRATED in color photography, drawings, charts, and diagrams with accompnaying descriptive captions/write-ups. 183 pages. LBSW8.
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- Title
- Climate Change in the Adirondacks: The Path to Sustainability
- Author
- Jerry Jenkins l
- Publisher
- Comstock Publishing associates/Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket as Issued
- Binding
- Pictorial Wraps Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0801476518
- ISBN 13
- 9780801476518
- Edition
- First Edition
- Dimensions
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Although global in scale, the impact of climate change will be felt at the local level. Refocusing our attention away from the ice shelves disintegrating in the Antarctic, the flooding of Pacific islands, and carbon inventories measured in billions of tons, Jerry Jenkins turns to changes that are already occurring much closer to home, changes that threaten to transform one of America's great wildernesses, the Adirondack region, into a damaged and unfamiliar landscape.
With the aid of comprehensive color illustrations, graphs, charts, and maps, Jenkins demonstrates the fundamental reality of climate change on a local level and presents his analysis and discussion of the available data for the Adirondacks. The region's culture, biology, and economy are already shifting rapidly: boreal species such as the spruce grouse are in decline, pests such as the mountain pine beetle and black-legged tick are moving in, and ski areas are suffering from lack of snow. Jenkins goes on to deliver a critical message: changes in personal energy consumption can fundamentally alter the present trajectory of global warming. Climate Change in the Adirondacks provides a road map for how individuals and communities whether inside the Blue Line or beyond can reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and lead the way toward a more responsible future.
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About the Author
Jerry Jenkins is a researcher for the Wildlife Conservation Society and author of Acid Rain in the Adirondacks: An Environmental History, also from Cornell, and The Adirondack Atlas: A Geographic Portrait of the Adirondack Park. Bill McKibben is the author of books including The End of Nature.
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