The Global Cryosphere

This is the first textbook to address all the components of the Earths cryosphere – all forms of snow and ice, both terrestrial and marine. It provides a concise but comprehensive summary of snow cover, glaciers, ice sheets, lake and river ice, permafrost, sea ice and icebergs – their past history and projected future state. It is designed for courses at upper undergraduate and graduate level in environmental science, geography, geology, glaciology, hydrology, water resource engineering and ocean sciences. It also provides a superb up-to-date summary for researchers of the cryosphere. The book includes an extensive bibliography, numerous figures and color plates, thematic boxes on selected topics and a glossary. The book builds on courses taught by the authors for many decades at the University of Colorado and the University of Alberta. Whilst there are many existing texts on individual components of the cryosphere, no other textbook covers the whole cryosphere.

Spis treści:
1. Introduction
Part I. The Terrestrial Cryosphere
2A. Snow cover
2B. Avalanches
3. Glaciers and ice caps
4. Ice sheets
5. Seasonally frozen ground and permafrost
6. Freshwater ice, lakes, rivers and icings
Part II. The Marine Cryosphere
7. Sea ice
8. Ice shelves and icebergs
Part III. The Cryosphere Past and Future
9. The cryosphere in the past
10. The future cryosphere – impacts of global warming
Part IV. Applications
11. Applications of snow and ice research
Glossary
References
Index.