Description
Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, Second Edition, provides you with the latest scientific developments in sea level rise, permafrost degradation, rock/ice avalanches, glacier surges, glacial lake outburst floods, ice shelf collapses, climate change implications, causality, impacts, preparedness and mitigation. The book takes a geo-scientific approach to the topic while also covering current thinking about directly related social scientific issues that can affect ecosystems and global economies. Special emphasis is placed on the rapidly progressing effects from global warming on the cryosphere, perspectives for the future and latest scientific advances, and technological developments.- Presents the latest research on causality, glacial surges, ice-shelf collapses, sea level rise, climate change implications, and more- Contains numerous tables, maps, diagrams, illustrations and photographs of hazardous processes- Features new insights on the implications of climate change, including increased melting, collapsing, flooding, methane emissions, and sea level rise
Table of Contents
1. Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters: A General Framework2. Physical, Thermal, and Mechanical Properties of Snow, Ice, and Permafrost3. Snow and Ice in the Climate System4. Snow and Ice in the Hydrosphere5. Snow, Ice, and the Biosphere6. Ice and Snow as Land-Forming Agents7. Mountains, Lowlands, and Coasts: the Physiography of Cold Landscapes8. Integrated Approaches to Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Dynamic Socio-cryospheric Systems9. Integrative Risk Management: The Example of Snow Avalanches10. Permafrost Degradation11. Radioactive Waste Under Conditions of Future Ice Ages12. Snow Avalanches13. Glacier Surges14. Glacier-Related Outburst Floods15. Ice Loss and Slope Stability in High-Mountain Regions16. Catastrophic Mass Flows in the Mountain Glacial Environment17. Hazards at Ice-Clad Volcanoes: Phenomena, Processes, and Examples From Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile18. Floating Ice and Ice Pressure Challenge to Ships19. Retreat Instability of Tidewater Glaciers and Marine Ice Sheets20. Ice Sheets, Glaciers, and Sea Level
