Earth, Ice, Bone, Blood: Permafrost and Extinction in the Russian Arctic
Charlotte Wrigley, "Earth, Ice, Bone, Blood: Permafrost and Extinction in the Russian Arctic"
English | ISBN: 1517911826 | 2023 | 256 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 1517911826 | 2023 | 256 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Exploring one of the greatest potential contributors to climate change—thawing permafrost—and the anxiety of extinction on an increasingly hostile planet
Climate scientists point to permafrost as a “ticking time bomb” for the planet, and from the Arctic, apocalyptic narratives proliferate on the devastating effects permafrost thaw poses to human survival. In Earth, Ice, Bone, Blood, Charlotte Wrigley considers how permafrost—and its disappearance—redefines extinction to be a lack of continuity, both material and social, and something that affects not only life on earth but nonlife, too.
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