Global Glacier Changes: facts and figures
Zemp M, Roer I, Kääb A, Hoelzle M, Paul F, Haeberli W
Type of Publication:
Book
Source:
WGMS, UNEP 2008
ISBN/ISSN:978-92-807-2898-9
Abstract:
There is mounting evidence that climate change is triggering a shrinking and thinning of many glaciers world-wide which may eventually put at risk water supplies for hundreds of millions - if not billions - of people. Data gaps exist in some vulnerable parts of the globe undermining the ability to provide precise early warning for countries and populations at risk. If the trend continues and governments fail to agree on deep and decisive emission reductions at the crucial UN climate convention meeting in Copenhagen in 2009, it is possible that glaciers may completely disappear from many mountain ranges in the 21st century.
URL: http://www.grid.unep.ch/glaciers/
ProClim- Category:
1.4 Cryosphere
Discipline(s):
Cryology / Glaciology
Main Keywords:
Cryosphere, glacier, ice caps, climate change, regional glacier change, New Guinea, Africa, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Central Europe, South America, Northern Asia, Antarctica, Central Asia, North America, Arctic Islands
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Zemp M, Roer I, Kääb A, Hoelzle M, Paul F, Haeberli W
Type of Publication:
Book
Source:
WGMS, UNEP 2008
ISBN/ISSN:978-92-807-2898-9
Abstract:
There is mounting evidence that climate change is triggering a shrinking and thinning of many glaciers world-wide which may eventually put at risk water supplies for hundreds of millions - if not billions - of people. Data gaps exist in some vulnerable parts of the globe undermining the ability to provide precise early warning for countries and populations at risk. If the trend continues and governments fail to agree on deep and decisive emission reductions at the crucial UN climate convention meeting in Copenhagen in 2009, it is possible that glaciers may completely disappear from many mountain ranges in the 21st century.
URL: http://www.grid.unep.ch/glaciers/
ProClim- Category:
1.4 Cryosphere
Discipline(s):
Cryology / Glaciology
Main Keywords:
Cryosphere, glacier, ice caps, climate change, regional glacier change, New Guinea, Africa, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Central Europe, South America, Northern Asia, Antarctica, Central Asia, North America, Arctic Islands
Reprint from:
M. Zemp University of Zurich
More Info about Authors:
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