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Author :International Union for Conservation of Nature Publisher :UNESCO Publishing ISBN 13 :923100557X Total Pages :34 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (31 download)
Book Synopsis World Heritage glaciers by : International Union for Conservation of Nature
Download or read book World Heritage glaciers written by International Union for Conservation of Nature and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On Thin Ice written by Erica J. Thorson and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glacier National Park's iconic glaciers are disappearing at a rate that suggests the loss of all the glaciers will occur entirely by 2030. This is undoubtedly one of the many devastating consequences of climate change awaiting the United States. However, despite the dire need to take action to slow and reverse climate change, the United States has abdicated any international binding targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This Article examines this failure in the context of the melting glaciers in Glacier National Park and the World Heritage Convention, under which Glacier National Park is an international protected area. The World Heritage Convention obliges State Parties to ensure the protection of World Heritage sites like Glacier National Park, meaning, in this case, ensuring that the glaciers do not melt entirely by eliminating dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system via greenhouse gas emissions. Yet the World Heritage Committee, with the United States a key member, has failed to endorse the type of aggressive climate change mitigation policy that is necessary to fully implement this obligation. Moreover, the United States has demonstrated again that it is willing to rely on specious arguments than engage fruitfully with the international community to address climate change.
Download or read book Ilulissat Icefjord written by Ole Bennike and published by Geus. This book was released on 2004 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the 28th session of the World Heritage Committee in the summer of 2004, Ilulissat Icefjord was included on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The icefjord is one of the first natural phenomena in the Arctic to find its place on the prestigious list, which includes numerous world famous localities.
Book Synopsis The Glacier National Park by : Sonu Patidar
Download or read book The Glacier National Park written by Sonu Patidar and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known by the people of America as the "Backbone of the World" is the Glacier National Park. Located on the US-Canada border, this wonderland is located in the US state of Montana. The Glacier National Park is renowned as a site created during the natural formation of ice mountains landscape in the last ice age. Mythical in both its scenic beauty and the legend tied to its creation, this park has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the year 1995 and certainly been given the name, Backbone of the World. Affected by the Continental Divide, which operates through the centre of the park and generates two somewhat different environments, the Glacier National Park is an ecological paradise. On the western side, lie the lavish jungles of hemlocks and western forest which are nourished by the famous watersheds of the Pacific. Air, on the eastern side of the park, come from the land, precisely across the Canadian border which renders the environment quite dry. The Glacier National Home is a home to over one thousand indigenous flora species while several hundreds of fauna species have historically been native to this park. An estimated two hundred and seventy-five diversities of birds either live or seasonally migrate to the region. For its flora and fauna treasures, the Glacier National park is regarded as an ecological jewel and called the "Crown of the Continental Ecosystem!"
Book Synopsis World Heritage and tourism in a changing climate by : Markham, Adam
Download or read book World Heritage and tourism in a changing climate written by Markham, Adam and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aucune information saisie
Book Synopsis Global Land Ice Measurements from Space by : Jeffrey S. Kargel
Download or read book Global Land Ice Measurements from Space written by Jeffrey S. Kargel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An international team of over 150 experts provide up-to-date satellite imaging and quantitative analysis of the state and dynamics of the glaciers around the world, and they provide an in-depth review of analysis methodologies. Includes an e-published supplement. Global Land Ice Measurements from Space - Satellite Multispectral Imaging of Glaciers (GLIMS book for short) is the leading state-of-the-art technical and interpretive presentation of satellite image data and analysis of the changing state of the world's glaciers. The book is the most definitive, comprehensive product of a global glacier remote sensing consortium, Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS, http://www.glims.org). With 33 chapters and a companion e-supplement, the world's foremost experts in satellite image analysis of glaciers analyze the current state and recent and possible future changes of glaciers across the globe and interpret these findings for policy planners. Climate change is with us for some time to come, and its impacts are being felt by the world's population. The GLIMS Book, to be released about the same time as the IPCC's 5th Assessment report on global climate warming, buttresses and adds rich details and authority to the global change community's understanding of climate change impacts on the cryosphere. This will be a definitive and technically complete reference for experts and students examining the responses of glaciers to climate change. World experts demonstrate that glaciers are changing in response to the ongoing climatic upheaval in addition to other factors that pertain to the circumstances of individual glaciers. The global mosaic of glacier changes is documented by quantitative analyses and are placed into a perspective of causative factors. Starting with a Foreword, Preface, and Introduction, the GLIMS book gives the rationale for and history of glacier monitoring and satellite data analysis. It includes a comprehensive set of six "how-to" methodology chapters, twenty-five chapters detailing regional glacier state and dynamical changes, and an in-depth summary and interpretation chapter placing the observed glacier changes into a global context of the coupled atmosphere-land-ocean system. An accompanying e-supplement will include oversize imagery and other other highly visual renderings of scientific data.
Download or read book Ancient Ice written by Golriz Golkar and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2024 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glaciers have been around for a long time. Many formed at the end of the last ice age, about 20,000 years ago. Since then, they have shaped Earth's landscape, helped cool the planet, and provided living things with fresh water--all while weathering changes in Earth's climate. Studying glaciers can tell us a lot about how Earth's climate has shifted over time, how human activities are impacting the climate, and what might occur in the future. Packed with information, vibrant photos, and hands-on activities, this book helps students learn about glaciers, how they're changing, and what that might mean for the planet's future.
Book Synopsis The Melting World by : Christopher White
Download or read book The Melting World written by Christopher White and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Skipjack documents concerning evidence of adverse climate change in the Rocky Mountains, where climate scientist and ecologist Dan Fagre reveals how a rapid decline of alpine glaciers is threatening the mountain ecosystem.
Book Synopsis The Andean glacier and water atlas by : Johansen, Kari Synnove
Download or read book The Andean glacier and water atlas written by Johansen, Kari Synnove and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Atlas illustrates the significant reduction in glacier mass happening throughout the Andean region. It quantifies the contribution of glaciers to drinking water supplies in cities and to agriculture, hydropower and industries. A reduction in glacier mass results in a long-term reduction in seasonal melt water - which is the mainstay of livelihoods for millions of people.
Book Synopsis Forests, Fiords & Glaciers by : Craig Potton
Download or read book Forests, Fiords & Glaciers written by Craig Potton and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage by : Augustin Colette
Download or read book Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage written by Augustin Colette and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Do Glaciers Listen? by : Julie Cruikshank
Download or read book Do Glaciers Listen? written by Julie Cruikshank and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do Glaciers Listen? explores the conflicting depictions of glaciers to show how natural and cultural histories are objectively entangled in the Mount Saint Elias ranges. This rugged area, where Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory now meet, underwent significant geophysical change in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which coincided with dramatic social upheaval resulting from European exploration and increased travel and trade among Aboriginal peoples. European visitors brought with them varying conceptions of nature as sublime, as spiritual, or as a resource for human progress. They saw glaciers as inanimate, subject to empirical investigation and measurement. Aboriginal oral histories, conversely, described glaciers as sentient, animate, and quick to respond to human behaviour. In each case, however, the experiences and ideas surrounding glaciers were incorporated into interpretations of social relations. Focusing on these contrasting views during the late stages of the Little Ice Age (1550-1900), Cruikshank demonstrates how local knowledge is produced, rather than discovered, through colonial encounters, and how it often conjoins social and biophysical processes. She then traces how the divergent views weave through contemporary debates about cultural meanings as well as current discussions about protected areas, parks, and the new World Heritage site. Readers interested in anthropology and Native and northern studies will find this a fascinating read and a rich addition to circumpolar literature.
Book Synopsis Forests, Fiords & Glaciers by : Gerard Hutching
Download or read book Forests, Fiords & Glaciers written by Gerard Hutching and published by Gower Publishing Company, Limited. This book was released on 1987 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis World Heritage Sites by : Haiden Farrell
Download or read book World Heritage Sites written by Haiden Farrell and published by Scientific e-Resources. This book was released on 2018-11-11 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties. The sites are judged important to the collective interests of humanity. The main objectives were to define the World Heritage in both cultural and natural aspects; to enlist Sites and Monuments from the member countries which are of exceptional interest and universal value, the protection of which is the concern of all mankind; and to promote co-operation among all Nations and people to contribute for the protection of these universal treasures intact for future generations. This beautiful book shows off these sites, providing a brief text, and photographs for each. It is a stunning indication of the longevity and durability, culture, and spirit.
Book Synopsis The Future of Ice by : Gretel Ehrlich
Download or read book The Future of Ice written by Gretel Ehrlich and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-02-10 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written out of Gretel Ehrlich’s love for winter–for remote and cold places, for the ways winter frees our imagination and invigorates our feet, mind, and soul–and also out of the fear that our “democracy of gratification” has irreparably altered the climate. Over the course of a year, Ehrlich experiences firsthand the myriad expressions of cold, giving us marvelous histories of wind, water, snow, and ice, of ocean currents and weather cycles. From Tierra del Fuego in the south to Spitsbergen, east of Greenland, at the very top of the world, she explores how our very consciousness is animated and enlivened by the archaic rhythms and erupting oscillations of weather. We share Ehrlich’s experience of the thrills of cold, but also her questions: What will happen to us if we are “deseasoned”? If winter ends, will we survive?
Author :International Union for Conservation of Nature Publisher :UNESCO Publishing ISBN 13 :9231004808 Total Pages :35 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (31 download)
Book Synopsis World Heritage forests by : International Union for Conservation of Nature
Download or read book World Heritage forests written by International Union for Conservation of Nature and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Preparing World Heritage Nominations by : Duncan Marshall
Download or read book Preparing World Heritage Nominations written by Duncan Marshall and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2011 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
