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Changing cold environments :

047069968X (cloth)

0470699698 (pbk.)

9780470699683 (cloth)

9780470699690 (pbk.)

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Changing cold environments :

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a Canadian perspective /

Hugh French and Olav Slaymaker

Hoboken, NJ :

J. Wiley & Sons,

2012

xviii, 321 p. :

ill., maps ;

25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Lessons from the Past -- 11.3 Freezing, Thawing and Bedrock Instability -- 11.4 Warming Permafrost -- 11.5 Changes in Azonal Processes -- 11.6 Geotechnical Implications of Warming Permafrost -- 12. Geomorphic Change in Canada's Temperate Mountains / Olav Slaymaker -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Present Morphology

12.3 Spatial Variability of Ecology and Morphology -- 12.4 Hydroclimate and Cryospheric Phenomena -- 12.5 Rates and Kinds of Geomorphic Processes -- 12.6 Disturbances Regimes and Landscape Transitions -- 13. Risk from Cold-climate Hazards in the Canadian Cordillera / Jim Gardner -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Cold-climate Hazards -- 13.3 Risk and Climate Variability -- 14. Societal Aspects of Changing Cold Environments / Gita Laidler -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Cultural Pursuits and Indigenous Rights -- 14.3 Local and Broader Implications of Changing Sea Ice -- 14.4 Northern Governance

15. The Changing Canadian Cryosphere, Globalization and Global Environmental Change / Olav Slaymaker and Hugh French -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 The Question of Scale -- 15.3 Adaptive Management -- 15.4 Globalization

2.5 Wider Implications of Canadian Arctic Ice Sheet Dynamics -- 2.6 Holocene Glacial Events -- 3. The Evolution of Polar Desert and Tundra Ecosystems / Konrad Gajewski -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Nature of the Environment -- 3.3 Ecology of Arctic Plants -- 3.4 Vegetation Zonation -- 3.5 Arctic Oases -- 3.6 Long term Evolution of Canadian Arctic Ecosystems -- 3.7 The Quaternary -- 3.8 Postglacial Climate and Vegetation Change in Arctic Canada -- 4. Remote Sensing and Canadian Snow Climatology / Richard Kelly -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Importance of Snow in the Earth System -- 4.3 Snow Measurements in Canada -- 4.4 Remote Sensing of Snow

4.5 Snow Variations Inferred from Remote Sensing Observations -- PART TWO THE CHANGING CRYOSPHERE -- 5 The Changing Climates / Roger Barry and Mark Serreze -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Late Pliocene -- 5.3 Quaternary History -- 5.4 Postglacial Conditions -- 5.5 The Last Two Millennia -- 5.6 Recent Changes -- 5.7 The Future -- 6. Snow and Runoff: Processes, Sensitivity and Vulnerability / Ming-Ko Woo and John Pomeroy -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Snow Accumulation -- 6.3 Land Cover -- 6.4 Snow Ablation -- 6.5 Snowmelt Runoff Processes -- 6.6 Streamflow -- 6.7 Snowmelt Floods in Large Basins -- 6.8 Snow Vulnerability

7. Permafrost Distribution and Stability / Chris Burn -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Distribution of Permafrost -- 7.3 Thermal Regime of Permafrost -- 7.4 Permafrost and Climate Change -- 8. Sea Ice in Canada / David Barber and Jennifer Lukovich -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 What is Sea Ice? -- 8.3 The Physical Nature of Sea Ice -- 8.4 Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Sea Ice -- 8.5 Sea Ice and Climate Change -- 8.6 Implications for Northern Communities, Economic Development and the Environment -- 9 Lake and River Ice in Canada / Terry Prowse -- 9.1 Introduction

9.2 Role in the Climate System -- 9.3 Climatic Controls -- 9.4 Historical Trends and Linkages to Climate -- 9.5 Future Ice Regime Projections -- 9.6 Implications of Ice Regime Changes -- PART THREE THE EVER-CHANGING SCENERY -- 10. Climate Change and the Central Canadian Treeline / Glen MacDonald -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Central Canadian Treeline Zone Today -- 10.3 Current Warming at the Central Canadian Treeline -- 10.4 Response of the Central Canadian Treeline to Warming Temperatures -- 11. Geomorphic Change in Northern Canada / Hugh French

PART ONE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF CANADA'S COLD ENVIRONMENTS -- 1. Cold Canada and the Changing Cryosphere / Hugh French and Olav Slaymaker -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Cryosphere -- 1.3 Cold Canada -- 1.4 Cold Climates -- 1.5 Arctic and Alpine Considerations -- 1.6 Canada's Physical Geography -- 2. The Late Quaternary Glaciation of Northern Canada / David Evans -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Landforms and the Late Quaternary Glaciations -- 2.3 Late Quaternary Sea level Change and its Relationship to Glaciation History -- 2.4 Late Quaternary Glaciation and Deglacial History

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"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 - namely, the tundra, sub-arctic and boreal forest regions of northern Canada, and the high mid-latitude mountains of western Canada. Implications are considered for similar environments around the world resulting in a timely text suitable for second and third year undergraduates in the environmental or earth sciences courses."--pub. desc

Natural history-- Canada

Natural history-- Canada, Northern

Physical geography-- Canada

Physical geography-- Canada, Northern

Cold regions

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Slaymaker, Olav,1939-

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