Recent climate change impacts on mountain glaciers /

Glaciers are considered a key and an iconic indicator of climate change. The World Glacier Monitoring Service has noted that global alpine balance has been negative for 35 consecutive years. This highlights the dire future that alpine glaciers face. The goal of this volume is to tell the story, glac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pelto, Mauri, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2016.
Temas:
Glaciers > Climatic factors.
Climatic changes.
Climate Change
Climat > Changements.
climate change.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
Climatic changes
Glaciers > Climatic factors
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Alpine glaciers : an introduction
  • Glacier mass balance
  • Juneau icefield
  • Northern Patagonia icefield region
  • South Georgia, Kerguelen, and Heard Islands
  • Svalbard : Hornsund Fjord region
  • Novaya Zemlya
  • North Cascade range, Washington, USA
  • Interior ranges, British Columbia/Alberta
  • Himalaya
  • New Zealand
  • Alps : Mont Blanc-Matterhorn transect
  • Alpine glacier change summary.

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