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MARC recordThe big thaw / Tim Appenzeller.
| Title: | The big thaw / Tim Appenzeller. |
| Author(s): | Appenzeller, Tim. |
| Date: | 2007. |
| In: | National Geographic. (2007.), Vol. 211(6) (2007) |
| Abstract: | Discusses rate of ice loss relative to upward trend in global temperatures. Notes acceleration in loss of Greenland ice sheet (54 cubic miles in 2005); also that melt season is becoming longer. Considers undermining of ice sheet in West Antarctica by warmer ocean waters. |
| Notes: | National Geographic. Vol. 211(6) :56-71 (2007). |
| Keywords: | 551.32 -- Glaciology. 551.324 -- Land ice. 551.324.6 -- Land ice, fluctuation. 551.326.2 -- Floating ice, formation and decay. 551.5 -- Meteorology. 551.52 -- Atmospheric radiation and temperature. 551.58 -- Climatology. 551.583 -- Climatic changes. E9 -- Glaciology: meteorology and climatology. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*38) -- Greenland. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*7.3) -- East Antarctica. |
| SPRI record no.: | 179725 |
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