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Title Changing cold environments : a Canadian perspective / editors, Hugh French and Olav Slaymaker
Published Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : maps (chiefly color)
Contents pt. 1. Spatial and temporary variability of Canada's cold environments -- pt. 2. The changing cryosphere -- pt. 3. The ever-changing scenery
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Natural history -- Canada
Natural history -- Canada, Northern
Physical geography -- Canada
Physical geography -- Canada, Northern
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Sedimentology & Stratigraphy.
Natural history
Physical geography
SUBJECT Cold regions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85027923
Subject Canada
Northern Canada
Cold regions
Form Electronic book
Author French, Hugh M.
Slaymaker, Olav, 1939-
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