The High-Mountain Cryosphere. Environmental Changes and Human Risks.
Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press, 2015
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This book provides a definitive overview of the global drivers of high-mountain cryosphere change and their implications for people across high-mountain regions. Editor(s): Huggel, Christian; Carey, Mark; Clague, John J.; Kaab, Andreas. Num Pages: 376 pages, 65 b/w illus. 36 colour illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: RBGD; RBK; RBP; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 264 x 26. Weight in Grams: 886. . 2015. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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- Title
- The High-Mountain Cryosphere. Environmental Changes and Human Risks.
- Author
- . Ed(s): Huggel, Christian; Carey, Mark; Clague, John J.; Kaab, Andreas
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1107065844
- ISBN 13
- 9781107065840
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About the Author
Mark Carey is Associate Dean and Associate Professor of History in the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon. His book, In the Shadow of Melting Glaciers: Climate Change and Andean Society (2010), won the Elinor Melville Prize for the best book in Latin American environmental history, awarded by the American Historical Association's Conference on Latin American History. He is a co-founder and co-director of the Transdisciplinary Andean Research Network (TARN) that involves collaborative research with colleagues in the US, Canada and South America.
John J. Clague is Shrum Professor of Science at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, and is currently the Canada Research Chair in Natural Hazard Research and Director of the Centre for Natural Hazard Research. His research interests include glacial geology, geomorphology, stratigraphy, sedimentology and natural hazards, and he has consulted for several private-sector firms and government agencies. His other principle professional interest is improving public awareness of Earth science to students, teachers and the general public. Clague is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, former President of the Geological Association of Canada and recipient of the Geological Society of America Burwell Award.
Andreas Kääb is Professor for Remote Sensing at the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo. His main research focus is on remote sensing of the cryosphere, in particular glaciers, permafrost, river ice and related natural hazards in a changing world. He was chair of the Standing Group on Glacier and Permafrost Hazards in Mountains (GAPHAZ) of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) and of the International Permafrost Association (IPA) for ten years. Kääb is currently running a number of projects related to observing glaciers and natural hazards from space. In 2008 he was awarded the prize for 'Excellence in Permafrost Research' by the International Permafrost Association.
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