This volume provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary view of icebergs and their interaction with the Earth system, from the physical and biological interaction with the ocean and climate, to how iceberg debris informs us about past Earth history. It also examines risks and opportunities posed by icebergs in the modern world.
This volume provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary view of icebergs and their interaction with the Earth system, from the physical and biological interaction with the ocean and climate, to how iceberg debris informs us about past Earth history. It also examines risks and opportunities posed by icebergs in the modern world.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Grant R. Bigg is Professor of Earth System Science in the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield, and prior to this was Head of the Department of Geography at the same university. He won the Gordon Manley Weather Prize of the Royal Meteorological Society in 2004. Professor Bigg has published over 120 peer-reviewed papers, and is the author of The Oceans and Climate, now in its second edition. He has worked with industry on iceberg and sea-ice related topics since 2007.
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Preface Acknowledgements 1. Appointment with the Titanic Part I. The Science of Icebergs: 2. The origin of icebergs 3. The physics of icebergs 4. Inputs from icebergs to the ocean 5. Icebergs and the sea floor Part II. Icebergs and their Impacts: 6. Icebergs and past climates 7. Abrupt climate change due to icebergs 8. Iceberg risk 9. Icebergs: a freshwater source? 10. Icebergs and the future Index.
Preface Acknowledgements 1. Appointment with the Titanic Part I. The Science of Icebergs: 2. The origin of icebergs 3. The physics of icebergs 4. Inputs from icebergs to the ocean 5. Icebergs and the sea floor Part II. Icebergs and their Impacts: 6. Icebergs and past climates 7. Abrupt climate change due to icebergs 8. Iceberg risk 9. Icebergs: a freshwater source? 10. Icebergs and the future Index.
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