Perspectives mondiales pour la neige et la glace.

Global outlook for ice and snow.

Auteurs : ONU Environnement (ex-PNUE)

Type de monographie : Ouvrage

Résumé

This book brings together the latest findings and the latest thinking on ice and snow and climate change. It is about ice and snow in polar and mountainous regions of the world and it covers all parts of the cryosphere (the world of ice): snow, land ice, sea ice, river and lake ice, and frozen ground. It presents information on ice and snow trends, the outlook for this century and beyond, and the consequences to ecosystems and human well-being of changes in ice and snow and features case studies, illustrations, graphics and maps. It serves as an educational and reference publication. The book can be downloaded from the following Web site: www.unep.org/publications.

Détails

  • Titre original : Global outlook for ice and snow.
  • Identifiant de la fiche : 2007-1803
  • Langues : Anglais
  • Sujet : Environnement, Généralités
  • Édition : UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) - Kenya/Kenya
  • Date d'édition : 2007
  • ISBN : 9789280727999
  • Source : Source : 235 p. (20.5 x 20.5); fig.; phot.; tabl.; ref.; USD 40.