Changing Cold Environments; Implications for Global Climate Change is a comprehensive overview of the changing nature of the physical attributes of Canada’s cold environments and the implications of these changes to cold environments on a global scale. The book places particular emphasis on the broader environmental science and sustainability issues that are of increasing concern to all cold regions if present global climate trends continue. Clearly structured throughout, the book focuses on those elements of Canada’s cold environments that will be most affected by global climate change – namely, the tundra, sub-arctic and boreal forest regions of northern Canada, and the high mid-latitude mountains of western Canada. Implications are considered for similar environments around the world resulting in a timely text suitable for second and third year undergraduates in the environmental or earth sciences courses.
Über den Autor
Hugh French taught at The University of Ottawa, Canada, in
the Departments of Geography (1967-2003), Geology (1982-1992) and
Earth Sciences (1998-2003). He was President of the International
Permafrost Association (1998-2003) and Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley
Interscience journal Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
(1990-2005). The Third Edition of his widely-used undergraduate
text, The Periglacial environment, was published in January 2007
STD 692. He is now Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa, and
Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography, University of Victoria
Olav Slaymaker taught at the University College of Wales,
Aberystwyth (1964-1968) and at the University of British Columbia
in the Department of Geography (1968-2004). He was President of the
Canadian Association of Geographers (1991-1992), Editor in Chief of
the interdisciplinary journal, Catena and President of the
International Association of Geomorphologists. In 2007 he was
awarded the degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa by the
University of Wales.
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