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03344aam a2200445 i 4500 001 7CD8C380E59011E4B87737CBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150418010117 008 140917s2015 nyuaf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014036955 020 $a 1250029503 (hardcover) 020 $a 9781250029508 (hardcover) : 035 $a (OCoLC)890971736 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d IG# $d IAD $d VP@ $d ABG $d SILO 043 $a a-ii--- 050 00 $a TD885.5.C3 $b M56 2015 082 00 $a 363.738 $2 23 084 $a SCI026000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Mingle, Jonathan. 245 10 $a Fire and ice : $b soot, solidarity, and survival on the roof of the world / $c Jonathan Mingle. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2015. 300 $a viii, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b color illustrations ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [411]-433) and index. 505 8 $a 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 part The fire brigade. In search of Phunsukh Wangdu ; Now we're cooking with gas! ; The view from Sultan Largo -- Carrying embers. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Carbon dioxide mitigation $z Kumik. $z Kumik. 650 0 $a Biomass stoves $z Kumik. $z Kumik. 650 0 $a Air $x Pollution $z Kumik. $z Kumik. 650 0 $a Atmospheric carbon dioxide $x Environmental aspects $z Kumik. $z Kumik. 650 0 $a Soot $x Environmental aspects $z Kumik. $z Kumik. 651 0 $a Himalaya Mountains Region $x Climate. 651 0 $a Kumik (India) $x Climate. 941 $a 4 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204080154.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110062108.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006083913.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826111108.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7CD8C380E59011E4B87737CBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWRInitiate Another SILO Locator Search