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Global outlook for ice & snow / [editor, Joan Eamer ; maps and graphics, Hugo Ahlenius; authors, Pål Prestrud ... et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Nairobi, Kenya : Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA), United Nations Environmental Programme, c2007.Description: 235 p. : chiefly col. ill., col. maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9280727990
  • 9789280727999
Other title:
  • Global outlook for ice and snow
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QC926.32 .G59 2007
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Partial contents:
Highlights -- Why are ice and snow important to us? -- Why are ice and snow changing? -- Snow -- Ice in the sea -- Ice on the land: Ice sheets ; Glaciers and ice caps ; Ice and sea-level change -- Frozen ground -- River and lake ice -- Policy and perspectives.
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.
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.
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Errata slip inserted.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also issued online.

Highlights -- Why are ice and snow important to us? -- Why are ice and snow changing? -- Snow -- Ice in the sea -- Ice on the land: Ice sheets ; Glaciers and ice caps ; Ice and sea-level change -- Frozen ground -- River and lake ice -- Policy and perspectives.

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.

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.