Glacier Evolution in a Changing World

Edited by Danilo Godone

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Abstract: Glaciers have always played an important role in human history, and currently, they are carefully observed as climate change sentinels. Glacier melt rate is increasing, and its mass balance is continuously negative. This issue deserves accurate and in-depth studies in order to, adequately, monitor its state. This circumstance in fact endangers the water supply, affecting human settlements but also creating new environments allowing the colonization by pioneer communities and the formation of new landscapes. This book is subdivided into two main sections in order to deal with the two topics of worldwide research on glaciers and ecology in glacial environments. In the first one "Glaciers in the World," several reviews and studies are collected. It is an overview of glaciers, their state, and research carried out in different continents and contexts. The second section "Glacial Ecosystems" focuses, on the other hand, on glacier environments and ecological researches.

JEL-codes: Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
ISBN: 978-953-51-3543-2
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A Review on the Little Ice Age and Factors to Glacier Changes in the Tian Shan, Central Asia

Yanan Li, Xiaoyu Lu and Yingkui Li

Animal Successional Pathways for about 200 Years Near a Melting Glacier: A Norwegian Case Study

Sigmund Hagvar, Mikael Ohlson and Daniel Flo

Glacier Forelands - Unique Field Laboratories for the Study of Primary Succession of Plants

Thomas Fickert

Glaciers as an Important Element of the World Glacier Monitoring Implemented in Svalbard

Zaneta Polkowska, Sara Lehmann-Koneraa, Marek Ruman, Grzegorz Gajek and Krystyna Koziola

The Amazon Glaciers

Rafael Ribeiro, Edson Ramirez and Jefferson Cardia Simoes

The Role of Microbial Ecology in Glacier Retreat

Cristina Cid and Eva Garcia-Lopez

The Unknown Southernmost Glaciers of Europe

Emil Gachev

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DOI: 10.5772/65820

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