{"product_id":"the-cryosphere-and-global-environmental-change-9781405129763","title":"The Cryosphere and Global Environmental Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the first textbook to consider all aspects of the cryosphere system in the context of global environmental change driven by human activity and climate.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders all six aspects of the cryosphere - ice sheets, glacier ice, permafrost, river and lake ice, sea ice and snow - in the context of global environmental change driven by human activity and climate.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes a new concept of cryosphere transience and landscape transition which links climate, hydrology, ecology and geomorphology.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLooks at the evidence, process, and patterns of cryosphere change, on local and global scales.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a wealth of data to inform the current global environmental change debate.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditional resources for this book can be found at: \u003cb\u003ebcs.wiley.com\/he-bcs\/Books?action=index\u0026amp;bcsId=5064\u0026amp;itemId=140512976X\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olav Slaymaker,Richard Kelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.64h x 7.38w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405129763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2007 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Slaymaker's\u003c\/b\u003e research has four foci: mountain hydrogeomorphology, land use impacts, sustainable development and global environmental change. From 1994-2002 he was a Governor of the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Kelly's\u003c\/b\u003e research focuses on the use of measurements from remote sensing ground, aircraft and satellite instruments coupled with environmental models to better understand the cryosphere, especially snow and ice environments. He is also interested in the development of new technologies for improved direct \u003ci\u003ein situ\u003c\/i\u003e and remote sensing measurements of the cryosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45279889588339,"sku":"9781405129763","price":167.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a5d108a6-3280-4e49-adba-c242d5e72b06.jpg?v=1784894272","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-cryosphere-and-global-environmental-change-9781405129763","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}