Reviews for Life in the cold

The average rating for Life in the cold based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-01-06 00:00:00 Rhonda Smith Make no mistake , this is a textbook with graphs and charts and formulas for things like an animal's heat loss through conduction in various conditions. But it's a very readable book on a fascinating subject. Plants change their internal chemistry to survive sub-zero temperatures. Beavers have adaptive circulation in their tails so they don't lose too much heat when swimming in water close to freezing. In the chapter on humans we learn that we have only a little in the way of physiological adaptation but we find other ways to survive. As the author quotes from the Inuit, the best way to deal with cold weather is to "take care not to be cold". This fourth edition has an additional chapter on climate change discussing how that effects all those winter adaptations. And does a nice job of explaining how global warming gives the USA more cold and snow.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-12-24 00:00:00 Nathan Minnick Totally amazing resource on winter ecology. Reads really well for an informative text that could be used for a class.