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Vanishing ice : glaciers, ice sheets, and rising seas / Vivien Gornitz.
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]Description: xiv, 381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780231168243
- 0231168241
- Cryosphere -- History
- Climatic changes -- Arctic regions
- Glaciers -- Climatic factors -- Arctic regions
- Ice sheets -- Arctic regions
- Sea level -- Climatic factors -- Arctic regions
- SCIENCE / Physics
- Climatic changes
- Cryosphere
- Glaciers -- Climatic factors
- Ice sheets
- Anthropogene Klimaänderung
- Erwärmung
- Kryosphäre
- Schmelzen
- Arctic Regions
- QC 903.2 .A68 G67 2019
Contents:
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 -- Appendix B. Eyes in the sky : monitoring the cryosphere from above -- Appendix C. Geologic time scale -- Glossary.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | QC 903.2 .A68 G67 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | C20031480 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Appendix B. Eyes in the sky : monitoring the cryosphere from above -- Appendix C. Geologic time scale -- Glossary.
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