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01681 a2200193 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9781108436359 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
IIT Kanpur |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
551.6911 |
| Item number |
B279p |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Barry, Roger G. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Polar environments and global change |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Roger G. Barry and Eileen A. Hall-McKim |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher |
Cambridge University Press |
| Year of publication |
2018 |
| Place of publication |
Cambridge |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
xxiii, 418p |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The polar regions are the 'canary in the coal mine' of climate change: they are likely to be hit the hardest and fastest. This comprehensive textbook provides an accessible introduction to the scientific study of polar environments against a backdrop of climate change and the wider global environment. The book assembles diverse information on polar environmental characteristics in terrestrial and oceanic domains, and describes the ongoing changes in climate, the oceans, and components of the cryosphere. Recent significant changes in the polar region caused by global warming are explored: shrinking Arctic sea ice, thawing permafrost, accelerating loss of mass from glaciers and ice sheets, and rising ocean temperatures. These rapidly changing conditions are discussed in the context of the paleoclimatic history of the polar regions from the Eocene to the Anthropocene. Future projections for these regions during the twenty-first century are discussed. The text is illustrated with many color figures and tables, and includes further reading lists, review questions for each chapter, and a glossary. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Environmental monitoring -- Polar regions |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Polar regions -- Environmental conditions |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Hall-McKim, Eileen A. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Books |
