Vanishing ice : glaciers, ice sheets, and rising seas
Record details
- ISBN: 9780231168243
- ISBN: 0231168241
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Physical Description:
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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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- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | QC 903.2 A68 G67 2019 (Text) | 26040003385461 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |