| Climate Change and the White World 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Goel, Prem Shankar (Editor), Ravindra, Rasik (Editor), Chattopadhyay, Sulagna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3030216780 ISBN-13: 9783030216788 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Science | Global Warming & Climate Change |
| Dewey: 551.46 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.4" W x 9.4" (1.10 lbs) 238 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book showcases the results of studies pertaining to climate changes in the Polar Regions - Arctic-Antarctic-Himalaya. It discusses the significant variations due to thinning of sea ice in the Arctic, insights on the first Indian Arctic multi-sensor mooring (IndARC), political context of major geological and tectonic features of Arctic Ocean, climate change and its predicted impacts on fisheries and coastal communities. The book also contains the work pursued under the National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystems, aiming towards strengthening the capacities of farmers through appropriate Lab-to-Land intervention to combat climate change issues. Discussions on various models like WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting), Regional Climate Model (RegCM4) pertaining to Himalaya have been highlighted to gain more insights on climate change.
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