The Icy Planet [electronic resource] : Saving Earth's Refrigerator.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Summerhayes, Colin.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2023.

Summary:

For most people, planet Earth's icy parts remain out of sight and out of mind. Yet it is the melting of ice that will both raise sea level and warm the climate further by reducing the white surfaces that reflect solar energy back into space. In effect, our icy places act as the world's refrigerator, helping to keep our climate relatively cool. The Icy Planet lays out carbon dioxide's role as the control knob of our climate over the past 1000 million years, then explores what is happening to ice and snow in Antarctica, the Arctic and the high mountains.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Other Format:

Print version: Summerhayes, Colin The Icy Planet

ISBN:

9780197627990

0197627994

OCLC:

1352974767

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.