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Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

  • 2nd Edition - February 17, 2021
  • Editors: Wilfried Haeberli, John F. Shroder, Colin Whiteman
  • Language: English
  • Paperback ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 1 2 9 - 5
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 1 3 0 - 1

Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, Second Edition, provides you with the latest scientific developments in sea level rise, permafrost degradation, rock/ice avalan… Read more

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Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, Second Edition, provides you with the latest scientific developments in sea level rise, permafrost degradation, rock/ice avalanches, glacier surges, glacial lake outburst floods, ice shelf collapses, climate change implications, causality, impacts, preparedness and mitigation. The book takes a geo-scientific approach to the topic while also covering current thinking about directly related social scientific issues that can affect ecosystems and global economies. Special emphasis is placed on the rapidly progressing effects from global warming on the cryosphere, perspectives for the future and latest scientific advances, and technological developments.

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