E-Book, Englisch, 787 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
E-Book, Englisch, 787 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
ISBN: 978-0-12-396473-1
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
- Puts the contributions from expert oceanographers, geologists, geophysicists, environmental scientists, and climatologists selected by a world-renowned editorial board in your hands
- Presents the latest research on causality, glacial surges, ice-shelf collapses, sea level rise, climate change implications, and more
- Numerous tables, maps, diagrams, illustrations and photographs of hazardous processes will be included
- Features new insights into the implications of climate change on increased melting, collapsing, flooding, methane emissions, and sea level rise
Zielgruppe
<p>Geoscientists, including glaciologists, climatologists, oceanographers, environmental scientists, geologists, geophysicists geomorphologists, atmospheric scientists, and seismologists.</p>
Fachgebiete
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Naturgewalten & Katastrophen
- Geowissenschaften Geologie Geomorphologie, Erosion, Glaziologie
- Geowissenschaften Geologie Geophysik
- Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Geophysik
- Geowissenschaften Geologie Vulkanologie, Seismologie
- Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction; Thermokarst; Glacier Surges; Ice-shelf Collapse; Spatial variability of rates & acceleration of ice mass loss & contribution to sea-level rise; Most likely cumulative sea-level rise by decade; Permafrost loss by decade; Decadal contributions to atmospheric change by permafrost loss; Sea ice and icebergs; Implications of Climate Change; Cryospheric changes & feedbacks to weather changes; Community responses & preparedness to cryospheric changes; Economics of cryospheric changes; Infrastructure development in light of associated coastal & other changes.
Contributors
Ian Allison, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Australia Bernardo Pulgarín Alzate, Servicio Geológico Colombiano, Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Popayán, Barrio Loma de Cartagena, Popayán, Colombia Oleg Anisimov, State Hydrological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia Lukas U. Arenson, BGC Engineering Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada Perry Bartelt, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland Anke Bebiolka, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Stilleweg, Hannover, Germany Tobias Bolch Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Institute for Cartography, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany Jenny Brandefelt, Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB), Blekholmstorget, Stockholm, Sweden Michael Bründl, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland Bolívar E. Cáceres Correa, Instituto Nacional de Meteorología (INAMHI), Corea, Quito, Ecuador Terry V. Callaghan Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Lilla Frescativägen, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Department of Botany, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Siberia, Russia Mark Carey, Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, USA Hanne H. Christiansen Arctic Geology Department, The University Centre in Svalbard, UNIS, Longyearbyen, Norway Center for Permafrost, CENPERM; Department of Geoscience and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark John J. Clague, Centre for Natural Hazard Research, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B C, Canada William Colgan, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark Simon Cook, School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom Patty A. Craw Burns, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land & Water, Lands Section, Fairbanks, AK, USA Reynald Delaloye, Department of Geosciences, Geography, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland Keith B. Delaney, Natural Disaster Systems, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Philip Deline, EDYTEM Lab, Université de Savoie, CNRS, Le Bourget-du-Lac Cedex, France Lydia Espizua, Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA), Mendoza, Argentina Stephen G. Evans, Natural Disaster Systems, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Tracy Ewen, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Urs H. Fischer, Nationale Genossenschaft für die Lagerung radioactiver Abfälle (Nagra), Wettingen, Switzerland Luzia Fischer, Norwegian Geological Survey, Trondheim, Norway Sven Follin, SF GeoLogic AB, Täby, Sweden Captain David Fowler, Retired Canadian Coast Guard Captain, McDougall, ON, Canada Isabelle Gärtner-Roer, Department of Geography, University of Zürich, Switzerland Marten Geertsema, Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, Prince George, BC, Canada Marco Giardino, GeoSitLab, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, Italy Hugo Delgado Granados, Departamento de Vulcanología, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México Stephan Gruber, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Wilfried Haeberli, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland William D. Harrison, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA Andreas Hasler, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Tobias Heckmann, Department of Physical Geography, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany Sarah Hirschorn, Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), Toronto, ON, Canada Christian Huggel, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Matthias Huss Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH, Zurich, Switzerland Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Jerrilynn Jackson, Department of Geography, University of Oregon, USA Michal Jenicek Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Mark Jensen, Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), Toronto, ON, Canada Margareta Johansson, Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden Andreas Kääb, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway Siegfried Keller, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Hannover, Germany Laura Kennell, Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), Toronto, ON, Canada Matt King, School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Martin Kirkbride, Geography, School of the Environment, University of Dundee, United Kingdom Oliver Korup, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam, Germany Michael Krautblatter, Technische Universität München, Germany Ivana Kubat, National Research Council of Canada, Coastal and River Engineering, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Alexandre W. Lai, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Integrity Management Department, Fairbanks, AK, USA Florence Magnin, EDYTEM Lab, Université de Savoie, CNRS, Le Bourget-du-Lac Cedex, France Stefan Margreth, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland Hans Peter Marshall, Department of Geosciences and Center for Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow Subsurface, Boise State University, ID, USA Samuel McColl, Physical Geography Group, Institute of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, Australia Graham McDowell, Department of Geography, McGill University, Montral, Canada Patricia Julio Miranda, Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Frac. Talleres, México Jeffrey Moore, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States Patricia Mothes, Instituto Geofísico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador Jens-Ove Näslund, Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB), Blekholmstorget, Stockholm, Sweden Stefano Normani, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada Gennady A. Nosenko, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Gerardo Carrasco Núñez, Centro de Geociencias, Campus UNAM Juriquilla, Querétaro, Qro Jim E. O'Connor, U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, Oregon,...
