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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Birkhold, Matthew H., author.     Subjects     Icebergs -- Utilization.     Water-supply.     Water security.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Birkhold, Matthew H., author.       by title:      Chasing icebergs : h...         MARC Display

Chasing icebergs : how frozen freshwater can save the planet / Matthew H. Birkhold. by Birkhold, Matthew H., author. New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2023. Subjects Icebergs -- Utilization.   Water-supply.   Water security. ISBN:  9781639363438 (hardcover) : 1639363432 (hardcover) Description:  xi, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm Edition:  First Pegasus Books edition. Contents:  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. Requests:  0 Summary:  "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"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult New Books 551.342 Bi Checked In Add Copy to MyList North Kohala Public Library Adult Nonfiction 551.342 Bi Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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