The White Planet : : The Evolution and Future of Our Frozen World / / Jean Jouzel, Dominique Raynaud, Claude Lorius.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Jouzel, Jean,; Lorius, Claude,; Raynaud, Dominique,
• TeilnehmendeR: Fagan, Teresa Lavender.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.) :; 1 halftone. 33 line illus. 3 tables. 2 maps.

From the Arctic Ocean and ice sheets of Greenland, to the glaciers of the Andes and Himalayas, to the great frozen desert of Antarctica, The White Planet takes readers on a spellbinding scientific journey through the shrinking world of ice and snow to tell the story of the expeditions and discoveries that have transformed our understanding of global climate. Written by three internationally renowned scientists at the center of many breakthroughs in ice core and climate science, this book provides an unparalleled firsthand account of how the "white planet" affects global climate--and how, in turn, global warming is changing the frozen world. Jean Jouzel, Claude Lorius, and Dominique Raynaud chronicle the daunting scientific, technical, and human hurdles that they and other scientists have had to overcome in order to unravel the mysteries of past and present climate change, as revealed by the cryosphere--the dynamic frozen regions of our planet. Scientifically impeccable, up-to-date, and accessible, The White Planet brings cutting-edge climate research to general readers through a vivid narrative. This is an essential book for anyone who wants to understand the inextricable link between climate and our planet's icy regions.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part one. The World of Ice: Past and Present -- Chapter 1. The Ice on Our Planet -- Chapter 2. From Exploration to Scientific Observation -- Chapter 3. Ice through the Ages -- Part Two. Polar Ice: Amazing Archives -- Chapter 4. Reconstructing the Climates of the Past -- Chapter 5. Glacial Archives -- Chapter 6. The Campaigns -- Chapter 7. Vostok: The Cornucopia -- Chapter 8. Dôme C: 800,000 Years and the Revolution of the Rhythm of Glaciations -- Chapter 9. Rapid Climatic Variations -- Chapter 10. The Last 10,000 Years: An Almost Stable Climate -- Part Three. The White Planet Tomorrow -- Chapter 11. The Climate and Greenhouse Gases -- Chapter 12. Have Humans Already Changed the Climate? -- Chapter 13. What Will the Climate Be in the Future? -- Chapter 14. A Warming with Multiple Consequences -- Chapter 15. What We Must Do -- Part Four. The Poles and the Planet -- Chapter 16. The Crucial Place of Research -- Chapter 17. Humans and the Rise of Pollution -- Conclusion: The Anthropocene Era -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index