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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Mingle, Jonathan.     Subjects     Carbon dioxide mitigation -- India -- Kumik.     Biomass stoves -- India -- Kumik.     Air -- Pollution -- India -- Kumik.     Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects -- India -- Kumik.     Soot -- Environmental aspects -- India -- Kumik.     Himalaya Mountains Region -- Climate.     Kumik (India) -- Climate.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Mingle, Jonathan.       by title:      Fire and ice : soot,...         MARC Display

Fire and ice : soot, solidarity, and survival on the roof of the world / Jonathan Mingle. by Mingle, Jonathan. New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2015. Subjects Carbon dioxide mitigation -- India -- Kumik.   Biomass stoves -- India -- Kumik.   Air -- Pollution -- India -- Kumik.   Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects -- India -- Kumik.   Soot -- Environmental aspects -- India -- Kumik.   Himalaya Mountains Region -- Climate.   Kumik (India) -- Climate. Electronic Resource http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/508/9781250029508/image/lgcover.9781250029508.jpg ISBN:  9781250029508 (hardcover) : 1250029503 (hardcover) Description:  viii, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  A hearth tale -- The question of Kumik. The curse ; Our dark materials; Water connection, fire connection -- The world, burning. The road to Shangri-La ; The burdens of fire; Water towers falling -- The fire brigade. In search of Phunsukh Wangdu ; Now we're cooking with gas! ; The view from Sultan Largo -- Carrying embers. Requests:  0 Summary:  "A thousand years ago in a Himalayan valley, the village of Kumik was founded. For generations, Kumik villagers survived by learning to cultivate their mountain terrain, drawing from the waters of the glacier and snows above the village. But now the glacier is almost gone, and Kumik is dying. Why? As Fire and Ice reveals, the culprit is black carbon, the most dangerous pollutant in the world and the least understood. Black carbon absorbs more heat per unit of mass in the atmosphere than greenhouse gases, and contributes as much to melting the glaciers of the Himalaya as carbon dioxide. It's also a major component of the household air pollution that causes 4.3 million deaths each year from respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses, and 3 million more from outdoor pollutants such as industrial exhaust. Black carbon threatens to overwhelm Kumik, unless the village can change the way it cooks, heats, farms and lives. In Fire and Ice, Jonathan Mingle weaves a dramatic narrative of one village's inspiring efforts to adapt to a rapidly changing environment, and a scientific detective tale about the impact of fire on every nation. Ranging from the Tibetan Plateau to New York and Washington, D.C., from Delhi and Kathmandu and China to northern California, Fire and Ice is a heroic exploration of our race to change the fate of our planet"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 363.738 Mi Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.738 Mingle Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pahoa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 363.738 Mi Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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