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Polar environments and global change
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ISBN: 9781108423168 9781108436359 9781108399708 1108502431 1108503756 1108399703 1108399703 1108436358 1108423167 Year: 2018 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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The polar regions are the 'canary in the coal mine' of climate change: they are likely to be hit the hardest and fastest. This comprehensive textbook provides an accessible introduction to the scientific study of polar environments against a backdrop of climate change and the wider global environment. The book assembles diverse information on polar environmental characteristics in terrestrial and oceanic domains, and describes the ongoing changes in climate, the oceans, and components of the cryosphere. Recent significant changes in the polar region caused by global warming are explored: shrinking Arctic sea ice, thawing permafrost, accelerating loss of mass from glaciers and ice sheets, and rising ocean temperatures. These rapidly changing conditions are discussed in the context of the paleoclimatic history of the polar regions from the Eocene to the Anthropocene. Future projections for these regions during the twenty-first century are discussed. The text is illustrated with many color figures and tables, and includes further reading lists, review questions for each chapter, and a glossary.


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Smithsonian at the poles : contributions to International Polar Year Science
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ISBN: 9780978846015 097884601X Year: 2009 Publisher: Washington Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press

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