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Book Synopsis
* Considers all six aspects of the cryosphere - ice sheets, glacier ice, permafrost, river and lake ice, sea ice and snow - in the context of global environmental change driven by human activity and climate.

Trade Review
"An interesting book with some new and fresh perspectives from which to view cryospheric change. There are seven well-illustrated chapters in total.... The book is very well written, well illustrated and contains a valuable synthesis of cryospheric change in some of the dominant regions of the global cryosphere." (Area, March 2009)

“The major concepts, illustrated, are clear and accessible even for the non-specialist…the coverage and synthesis work well and are quite informative.”(Choice)



Table of Contents
Preface.

1. The Evidence for Cryospheric Change.

2. The Monitoring of Cryospheric Change.

3. Processes of Cryospheric Change.

4. Patterns of the Contemporary Cryosphere at Local to Global Scales.

5. The Evidence for Past Cryospheric Changes.

6. The Transience of the Cryosphere and Transitional Landscapes.

7. Cryospheric Change and Vulnerability at Quaternary, Holocene, and Anthropocene Timescales.

References.

Index

The Cryosphere and Global Environmental Change

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      Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
      Published 22 December 2006
      ISBN-13 9781405129763
      978-1405129763
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      * Considers all six aspects of the cryosphere - ice sheets, glacier ice, permafrost, river and lake ice, sea ice and snow - in the context of global environmental change driven by human activity and climate.

      Trade Review
      "An interesting book with some new and fresh perspectives from which to view cryospheric change. There are seven well-illustrated chapters in total.... The book is very well written, well illustrated and contains a valuable synthesis of cryospheric change in some of the dominant regions of the global cryosphere." (Area, March 2009)

      “The major concepts, illustrated, are clear and accessible even for the non-specialist…the coverage and synthesis work well and are quite informative.”(Choice)



      Table of Contents
      Preface.

      1. The Evidence for Cryospheric Change.

      2. The Monitoring of Cryospheric Change.

      3. Processes of Cryospheric Change.

      4. Patterns of the Contemporary Cryosphere at Local to Global Scales.

      5. The Evidence for Past Cryospheric Changes.

      6. The Transience of the Cryosphere and Transitional Landscapes.

      7. Cryospheric Change and Vulnerability at Quaternary, Holocene, and Anthropocene Timescales.

      References.

      Index

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