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With an average surface temperature of 15°C (and rising), much of our planet is inhospitable to ice. Today, less than 2% of Earth’s water exists in a frozen form, locked up in glaciers and ice sheets, sea ice and permafrost. This ‘cryosphere’ is critically important for controlling global sea level...
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ftunivcam:oai:www.repository.cam.ac.uk:1810/333643 2024-01-14T10:07:34+01:00 Ice Dowdeswell, Julian Tortell, Philippe 2020-04 application/pdf https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/333643 https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.81060 eng eng Open Book Publishers Earth 2020 https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/333643 doi:10.17863/CAM.81060 Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 37 Earth Sciences 3709 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience 3705 Geology 13 Climate Action 14 Life Below Water Book chapter 2020 ftunivcam https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.81060 2023-12-21T23:23:49Z With an average surface temperature of 15°C (and rising), much of our planet is inhospitable to ice. Today, less than 2% of Earth’s water exists in a frozen form, locked up in glaciers and ice sheets, sea ice and permafrost. This ‘cryosphere’ is critically important for controlling global sea level and the distribution of the planet’s fresh water, yet it has always existed in a rather perilous state. In contrast, the ice caps on Mars and the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon, Europa, enjoy a much colder and more stable existence. To understand the impacts of climate change on Earth’s cryosphere, it is necessary to examine the different components of our icy world separately, for each has its own sensitivity to local and global forces. Book Part Ice permafrost Sea ice Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
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With an average surface temperature of 15°C (and rising), much of our planet is inhospitable to ice. Today, less than 2% of Earth’s water exists in a frozen form, locked up in glaciers and ice sheets, sea ice and permafrost. This ‘cryosphere’ is critically important for controlling global sea level and the distribution of the planet’s fresh water, yet it has always existed in a rather perilous state. In contrast, the ice caps on Mars and the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon, Europa, enjoy a much colder and more stable existence. To understand the impacts of climate change on Earth’s cryosphere, it is necessary to examine the different components of our icy world separately, for each has its own sensitivity to local and global forces. |
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