The White Planet
Dominique Raynaud, Claude Lorius, Jean Jouzel, et al.
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Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Mikrobiologie
Beschreibung
A gripping journey through the icy regions of our changing planet
From the Arctic Ocean and ice sheets of Greenland, to the glaciers of the Andes and Himalayas, to the great frozen desert of Antarctica, The White Planet takes readers on a spellbinding scientific journey through the shrinking world of ice and snow to tell the story of the expeditions and discoveries that have transformed our understanding of global climate. Written by three internationally renowned scientists at the center of many breakthroughs in ice core and climate science, this book provides an unparalleled firsthand account of how the "white planet" affects global climate—and how, in turn, global warming is changing the frozen world.
Jean Jouzel, Claude Lorius, and Dominique Raynaud chronicle the daunting scientific, technical, and human hurdles that they and other scientists have had to overcome in order to unravel the mysteries of past and present climate change, as revealed by the cryosphere--the dynamic frozen regions of our planet. Scientifically impeccable, up-to-date, and accessible, The White Planet brings cutting-edge climate research to general readers through a vivid narrative. This is an essential book for anyone who wants to understand the inextricable link between climate and our planet's icy regions.
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Svante Arrhenius, West Antarctica, Thermohaline circulation, Water cycle, East Antarctica, Greenhouse gas, Quantity, Coast, Nitrogen, Carbon dioxide, Global warming, Types of volcanic eruptions, Deglaciation, Nitrous oxide, Permafrost, North America, Deuterium, Biodiversity, Carbon-14, Glacial period, Subglacial lake, Atlantic Ocean, Earth's orbit, Northern Hemisphere, Sea ice, Climate change, Little Ice Age, Methane, Lake Vostok, IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, Ice sheet, Antarctic Peninsula, Seawater, Ice cap, Sea level rise, Calculation, Ice core, Fossil fuel, Drought, Polar regions of Earth, Year, Sea level, Water vapor, Ice age, Temperature record, Polar ice cap, Ice shelf, Precipitation, Climatology, Paleoclimatology, Last glacial period, Sediment, Arctic, Molecule, International Geophysical Year, Meteorology, Climate, Arctic Ocean, Antarctic, Exploration, Melting, Core sample, Tropics, Greenhouse effect, Radiative forcing, Atmospheric circulation, Pollution, Snow, Surface area, South America