Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, Second Edition, provides you with the latest scientific developments in sea level rise, permafrost degradation, rock/ice avalanches, glacier surges, glacial lake outburst floods, ice shelf collapses, climate change implications, causality, impacts, preparedness and mitigation. The book takes a geo-scientific approach to the topic while also covering current thinking about directly related social scientific issues that can affect ecosystems and global economies. Special emphasis is placed on the rapidly progressing effects from global warming on the cryosphere, perspectives for the future and latest scientific advances, and technological developments. – Presents the latest research on causality, glacial surges, ice-shelf collapses, sea level rise, climate change implications, and more- Contains numerous tables, maps, diagrams, illustrations and photographs of hazardous processes- Features new insights on the implications of climate change, including increased melting, collapsing, flooding, methane emissions, and sea level rise
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