Glacier
Glacier As major actors in the unfolding drama of climate change, glaciers feature prominently in Earth's past and its future. They control the atmospheric and ocean circulations that drive the…
Specifikacia Glacier
Glacier
As major actors in the unfolding drama of climate change, glaciers feature prominently in Earth's past and its future. They control the atmospheric and ocean circulations that drive the weather; they supply drinking and irrigation water to millions of people; and they protect us from catastrophic sea-level rise. Wherever on the planet we live, glaciers affect each of us directly.
Crossing the boundaries between art, environment, science, nature, and culture, this book considers glaciers from myriad perspectives, revealing The very existence of glaciers affects our view of the planet and of ourselves, but it is less than two hundred years since we first realized that ice ages come and go and that glaciers once covered much more of the planet's surface than they do now.An inspiration to artists and a challenge for engineers, glaciers mean different things to different people.