Vanishing ice : glaciers, ice sheets, and rising seas
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- ISBN: 9780231168243
- ISBN: 0231168241
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xiv, 381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-363) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Whither the snows of yesteryear? -- Ice afloat: ice shelves, icebergs, and sea ice -- Impermanent permafrost -- Darkening mountains - disappearing glaciers -- The Greenland ice sheet -- Antarctica: the giant ice locker -- From greenhouse to icehouse -- Return to the greenhouse -- The importance of ice -- Appendix A. Anticipating future climate change -- Apendix B. Eyes in the sky : monitoring the cryosphere from above -- Appendix C. Geologic time scale. |
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Subject: | Climatic changes -- Arctic regions Glaciers -- Climatic factors -- Arctic regions Ice sheets -- Arctic regions Sea level -- Climatic factors -- Arctic regions Cryosphere -- History |
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Lansdowne Library | QC 903.2 A68 G67 2019 (Text) | 26040003385461 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
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245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aVanishing ice : ‡bglaciers, ice sheets, and rising seas / ‡cVivien Gornitz. |
264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bColumbia University Press, ‡c[2019] | |
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504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 337-363) and index. | |
505 | 0 | . | ‡aWhither the snows of yesteryear? -- Ice afloat: ice shelves, icebergs, and sea ice -- Impermanent permafrost -- Darkening mountains - disappearing glaciers -- The Greenland ice sheet -- Antarctica: the giant ice locker -- From greenhouse to icehouse -- Return to the greenhouse -- The importance of ice -- Appendix A. Anticipating future climate change -- Apendix B. Eyes in the sky : monitoring the cryosphere from above -- Appendix C. Geologic time scale. |
520 | . | ‡a"The Arctic is thawing. Vanishing Ice is a powerful depiction of the dramatic transformation of the cryosphere--the world of ice and snow--and its consequences for the human world. Delving into the major components of the cryosphere, including ice sheets, valley glaciers, permafrost, and floating ice, Vivien Gornitz gives an up-to-date explanation of key current trends in the decline of ice mass. Drawing on a long-term perspective gained by examining changes in the cryosphere and corresponding variations in sea level over millions of years, she demonstrates the link between thawing ice and sea-level rise to point to the social and economic challenges on the horizon. Gornitz highlights the widespread repercussions of ice loss, which will affect countless people far removed from frozen regions, to demonstrate why the big meltdown matters to us all"-- ‡cProvided by publisher. | |
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