Cryosphere

Kingdom of Frost

Kingdom of Frost ab 26.99 € als epub eBook: How the Cryosphere Shapes Life on Earth. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Natur & Umwelt,

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Glaciers: The Politics of Ice , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 872min

Though not traditionally thought of as a key natural resource, glaciers are a crucial part of both our global ecosystem and the sustaining of life around the world. Comprising three quarters of the world's fresh water, they freeze in the winter and melt in the summer, supplying water that is plentiful enough for agriculture and clean enough to drink. Without them many of the planet's rivers would run dry shortly after the winter snow melt. In fact a single midsized glacier in regions like California, Argentina, India, Kyrgyzstan, or Chile can provide an entire community with drinking water for generations. On the other hand, when global temperatures rise, not only does glacier ice wither away into the oceans but these massive ice bodies can become unstable and cause severe natural events like glacier tsunamis. But glaciers often exist well outside our environmental consciousness, and they are mostly unprotected from atmospheric impacts from transportation emissions or from industrial threats such as the mining industry, which seeks the precious metals that lie beneath them. Glaciers: The Politics of Ice is a scientific, cultural, and political examination of the cryosphere - the earth's ice - and the environmental policies that aim to protect it. Jorge Daniel Taillant discusses the debates and negotiations behind the passing of the world's first glacier protection law in the mid-2000s and reveals the tension between the industry experts, politicians, and glacier conservationists. The book provides the basic environmental science behind glaciers, outlines current and future risks to their preservation, and reveals the intriguing politics behind the debate over glacier policies and laws. Taillant also makes suggestions on what can be done to preserve these crucial sources of fresh water from both a scientific and a policymaking standpoint. Glaciers is a new window into one of the Earth's most crucial natural resources and a call to reawaken our ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Holsopple. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/023516/bk_adbl_023516_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Hydrology

Hydrology ab 54.49 € als Taschenbuch: Oceanography Flood Drought Aquifer Cryosphere Evapotranspiration Floodplain Hydrography Water table Hydrosphere Darcy-Weisbach equation Air well Daylighting Water resources Sediment transport. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Englische Taschenbücher,

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Structure of the Earth

Structure of the Earth ab 18.49 € als Taschenbuch: Cryosphere Asthenosphere Lithosphere Hydrosphere Crust Outer core Schiehallion experiment Mantle plume Hotspot Geothermal gradient Inner core Expanding Earth Kola Superdeep Borehole Continental crust Mesoplates. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Naturwissenschaft,

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Earth sciences

Earth sciences ab 29.99 € als Taschenbuch: Geologic time scale Paleontology Mineralogy Geophysics Geochemistry Geomorphology International Geophysical Year Stage Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point Cryosphere Physical geography Speleology. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,

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Glaciers of the Karakoram Himalaya

The Karakoram contains the greatest concentration of glaciers and most of the largest ice masses outside high latitudes. They comprise major stores and sources of fresh water in an otherwise extreme, continental, dry region. As many as 200 million people living downstream, in the valleys of the Indus and Yarkand Rivers, depend on melt waters from snow and ice. They are at risk from climate-change impacts on glaciers and water supply, and from hazards such as glacial lake outburst floods. Useful research initiatives go back to the nineteenth century, but coverage has generally been limited geographically and has not been continuous over time. It is almost 80 years since a monograph was devoted to the Karakoram glaciers. The book presents a comprehensive overview, including statistics for the ice cover, glacier mass balance and dynamics, glacierized landscapes, rock glaciers, water resources and environmental hazards. Published glaciological and related research is surveyed along with expedition reports and archival materials in several languages. The expanding potential of satellite coverage is exploited, but conditions and processes reported from field investigations are the main focus. Previously unpublished observations by the author are presented, based on some 45 years of work in the region. Broad understanding of the glacial environment is used to address emerging concerns about the High Asian cryosphere and the fate of its glaciers. These are discussed in relation to the pressing issues of water supply, environmental risk and sustainability. Questions of what is not known help identify much needed monitoring and research. The book is of interest to researchers, professionals, and those studying glaciers, mountain environments, water resources and environmental hazards. The topics discussed should be of concern for anyone involved in regional development and global change in South and Inner Asia.

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