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Vanishing ice : glaciers, ice sheets, and rising seas / Vivien Gornitz.

By: Gornitz, Vivien [author.].
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]Description: xiv, 381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780231168243; 0231168241.Subject(s): 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 RegionsGenre/Form: History.
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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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books 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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