Glaciers Updated Edition Contributor(s): Hambrey, Michael (Author), Alean, Jürg (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511807600 ISBN-13: 9780511807602 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Binding Type: Open Ebook - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2011 |
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BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology |
Dewey: 551.312 |
Features: Glossary, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: Glaciers are among the most beautiful natural wonders on Earth, as well as the least known and understood, for most of us. Michael Hambrey describes how glaciers grow and decay, move and influence human civilization. Currently covering a tenth of the Earth's surface, glacier ice has shaped the landscape over millions of years by scouring away rocks and transporting and depositing debris far from its source. Glacier meltwater drives turbines and irrigates deserts, and yields mineral-rich soils as well as a wealth of valuable sand and gravel. However, glaciers also threaten human property and life. Our future is indirectly connected with the fate of glaciers and their influence on global climate and sea level. Including over 200 stunning photographs, the book takes the reader from the High-Arctic through North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, New Zealand and South America to the Antarctic. Michael Hambrey is Director of the Centre for Glaciology at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. A past recipient of the Polar Medal, he was also given the Earth Science Editors' Outstanding Publication Award for the first edition of Glaciers (Cambridge, 1995). Hambrey is also the author of Glacial Environments (British Columbia, 1994). J rg Alean is Professor of Geography at the Kantonsschule Z rcher Unterland in B lach, Switzerland. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hambrey, Michael: - Awarded the Polar Medal for outstanding work on various expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica. Director of the Centre for Glaciology, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.Alean, Jurg: - Teaches geography at the Kantonsschule Zurcher Unterland in Switzerland from where he regularly leads glaciological field camps for students. |
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