Global outlook for ice & snow /

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Imprint:Nairobi, Kenya : Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA), United Nations Environment Programme, c2007.
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
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Varying Form of Title:Global outlook for ice and snow
Other authors / contributors:Eamer, Joan.
Ahlenius, Hugo.
Prestrud, Pål.
United Nations Environment Programme. Division of Early Warning and Assessment.
ISBN:9280727990
9789280727999
Notes:Errata slip inserted.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:Ice, snow and climate change are closely linked; this publication investigates those linkages. It also presents information on the trends in ice and snow, the outlook for this century and beyond and the consequences to ecosystems and human well-being of these changes. Written by more than 70 scientists from around the world, it covers all parts of the cryosphere (the world of ice): snow, land ice, sea ice, river and lake ice, and frozen ground.
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.