Recent climate change impacts on mountain glaciers

Recent climate change impacts on mountain glaciers / Mauri Pelto.

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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Main Author: Pelto, Mauri, 1961- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2016.
Subjects:
Glaciers > Climatic factors.
Climatic changes.
climate change.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
Climatic changes
Glaciers > Climatic factors
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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