Global outlook for ice & snow /
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Imprint: | Nairobi, Kenya : Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA), United Nations Environment Programme, c2007. |
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Description: | 235 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 21 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6810401 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- 1. Highlights
- 2. Why are ice and snow important to us?
- 3. Why are ice and snow changing?
- 4. Snow
- 5. Ice in the sea
- 6. Ice on the land
- 6A. Ice sheets
- 6B. Glaciers and ice caps
- 6C. Ice and sea-level change
- 7. Frozen ground
- 8. River and lake ice
- 9. Policy and perspectives
- Production and editorial team and authors
- Steering committee and reviewers
- Acknowledgements.