Earth's cryosphere: Current state and recent changes

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 31, Issue , 2006, Pages 33-60

  Parkinson, Claire L ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glaciers; Ice sheets; Ice shelves; Permafrost; Sea ice; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ICE SHEETS; ICE SHELVES; PENINSULA; SEA LEVEL RISE;

COASTAL ZONES; GLACIERS; PERMAFROST; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 33750993755     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.31.041105.095552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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