Recent Climate Change Impacts on Mountain Glaciers (eBook)

Mauri Pelto (Autor)

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2016
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-06810-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Glaciers are considered a key and an iconic indicator of climate change. The World Glacier Monitoring Service has noted that global alpine balance has been negative for 35 consecutive years. This highlights the dire future that alpine glaciers face.
The goal of this volume is to tell the story, glacier by glacier, of response to climate change from 1984-2015. Of the 165 glaciers examined in 10 different alpine regions, 162 have retreated significantly. It is evident that the changes are significant, not happening at a 'glacial' pace, and are profoundly affecting alpine regions. There is a consistent result that reverberates from mountain range to mountain range, which emphasizes that although regional glacier and climate feedbacks differ, global changes are driving the response. This book considers ten different glaciated regions around the individual glaciers, and offers a different tune to the same chorus of glacier volume loss in the face of climate change.

Mauri Pelto is Professor of Environmental Science at Nichols College in Massachusetts, USA. He is founder and director of the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project since 1984. This project monitors the mass balance and behavior of more glaciers than any other in North America. Mauri has spent the last 35 summers working in the field on glaciers in Alaska and Washington with the Juneau Icefield Research Program and the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project. He is the United States representative to the World Glacier Monitoring Service, which collects all mass balance and terminus change data for glaciers. He also blogs for the American Geophysical Union, 'From a Glaciers Perspective'.

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Glaciers are considered a key and an iconic indicator of climate change. The World Glacier Monitoring Service has noted that global alpine balance has been negative for 35 consecutive years. This highlights the dire future that alpine glaciers face.The goal of this volume is to tell the story, glacier by glacier, of response to climate change from 1984-2015. Of the 165 glaciers examined in 10 different alpine regions, 162 have retreated significantly. It is evident that the changes are significant, not happening at a "e;glacial"e; pace, and are profoundly affecting alpine regions. There is a consistent result that reverberates from mountain range to mountain range, which emphasizes that although regional glacier and climate feedbacks differ, global changes are driving the response. This book considers ten different glaciated regions around the individual glaciers, and offers a different tune to the same chorus of glacier volume loss in the face of climate change.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Title Page 5
Copyright 6
Contents 7
Series Preface 13
Foreword 15
Chapter 1 Alpine Glaciers: An Introduction 17
1.1 Glacier Observation Programs 17
1.2 Importance of Mountain Glaciers 19
1.3 Glacier Terminus Response to Climate Change 19
1.3.1 Equilibrium Response 19
1.3.2 Disequilibrium Response 20
1.3.3 Accumulation Zone Changes 20
1.3.4 Terminus Response Factors 20
1.4 Glacier Runoff 21
1.5 Climate Change and Impact of Runoff 21
References 23
Chapter 2 Glacier Mass Balance 26
Overview 26
References 30
Chapter 3 Juneau Icefield 32
Overview 32
3.1 Norris Glacier 35
3.2 Lemon Creek Glacier 36
3.3 Mendenhall Glacier 38
3.4 Herbert Glacier 39
3.5 Eagle Glacier 40
3.6 Gilkey Glacier 41
3.7 Antler Glacier 42
3.8 Field Glacier 44
3.9 Llewellyn Glacier 45
3.10 Tulsequah Glacier 46
3.11 Twin Glacier 47
3.12 Taku Glacier 51
References 53
Chapter 4 Northern Patagonia Icefield Region 54
Overview 54
4.1 Reichert Glacier 55
4.2 Gualas Glacier 57
4.3 San Rafael Glacier 59
4.4 San Quintín Glacier 59
4.5 Fraenkel Glacier 61
4.6 Benito Glacier 62
4.7 Acodado Glacier 63
4.8 Steffen Glacier 65
4.9 HPN4 Glacier 65
4.10 Colonia Glacier 67
4.11 Nef Glacier 69
4.12 Leones Glacier 70
4.13 Fiero Glacier 72
4.14 Grosse Glacier 72
4.15 Verde Glacier 73
References 75
Chapter 5 South Georgia, Kerguelen, and Heard Islands 77
Overview 77
5.1 Twitcher Glacier 78
5.2 Herz Glacier 80
5.3 Weddel Glacier 80
5.4 Bertrab Glacier 81
5.5 Ross-Hindle Glacier 82
5.6 Heaney Glacier-Cook Glacier 82
5.7 Nordenskjold Glacier 83
5.8 Harker and Hamberg Glaciers 84
5.9 Neumayer Glacier 84
5.10 Konig Glacier 85
5.11 Purvis Glacier 87
5.12 Stephenson Glacier-Heard Island 88
5.13 Agassiz Glacier-Kerguelen Island 90
5.14 Ampere Glacier 91
5.15 Lapparent Glacier 91
5.16 Lake District 92
References 95
Chapter 6 Svalbard: Hornsund Fjord Region 96
Overview 96
6.1 South Coast of Hornsund 96
6.2 Eastern Hornsund Glacier change 99
6.3 North side of Hornsund 100
6.4 Sorkappland 101
References 103
Chapter 7 Novaya Zemlya 105
Overview 105
7.1 Kropotkina Glacier 105
7.2 Moshniy Glacier 106
7.3 Vilkitskogo Glacier 107
7.4 Krivosheina Glacier 110
7.5 Nizkiy Glacier 111
7.6 Glazova Glacier 111
7.7 Krayniy Glacier 112
7.8 Taisija Glacier 114
7.9 Chernysheva Glacier 114
7.10 Borzova Glacier 115
7.11 Mack and Velkena Glaciers 115
References 116
Chapter 8 North Cascade Range, Washington USA 117
Overview 117
8.1 Skykomish River Basin 118
8.1.1 Lynch Glacier 118
8.1.2 Hinman Glacier 119
8.1.3 Foss Glacier 121
8.1.4 Columbia Glacier 121
8.1.5 Skykomish Streamflow Impact 123
8.2 Mount Baker and Nooksack River 124
8.2.1 Sholes Glacier 125
8.2.2 Rainbow Glacier 126
8.2.3 Roosevelt Glacier 129
8.2.4 Coleman Glacier 131
8.2.5 Deming Glacier 132
8.2.6 Easton Glacier 135
8.2.7 Boulder Glacier 136
8.3 Glacier Runoff Impact 137
References 142
Chapter 9 Interior Ranges, British Columbia/Alberta 145
Overview 145
9.1 Yoho Glacier 146
9.2 Des Poilus Glacier 148
9.3 Waputik Icefield-Daly Glacier 149
9.4 Cummins Glacier 150
9.5 Apex Glacier 152
9.6 Shackleton Glacier 152
9.7 Columbia Glacier 152
9.8 Freshfield Glacier 155
9.9 Lyell Icefield-Mons Icefield 155
9.10 Haworth Glacier 155
9.11 Sir Sandford Glacier 160
9.12 Dismal Glacier 160
9.13 Illecillewaet Icefield 161
9.14 Deville Icefield 162
9.15 Conrad Icefield 163
9.16 Vowell Glacier 165
References 167
Chapter 10 Himalaya 168
Overview 168
10.1 Middle Lhonak Glacier 170
10.2 South Lhonak Glacier 171
10.3 North Lhonak Glacier 172
10.4 East Langpo Glacier 172
10.5 Changsang Glacier 172
10.6 Zemu Glacier 173
10.7 Kaer Glacier 176
10.8 Longbashaba Glacier 176
10.9 Zhizhai Glacier 177
10.10 Jimi Glacier 177
10.11 Yindapu Glacier 178
10.12 Gelhaipuco Glacier 179
10.13 Qangzonkco Glacier 179
10.14 Nobuk Glacier 181
10.15 Nangama Pokhari 182
10.16 Kanchenjunga Glacier 182
References 185
Chapter 11 New Zealand 187
Overview 187
11.1 Mueller Glacier 187
11.2 Hooker Glacier 189
11.3 Tasman Glacier 190
11.4 Murchison Glacier 190
11.5 Douglas Neve 192
11.6 La Perouse Glacier 193
11.7 Balfour Glacier 196
11.8 Fox Glacier 197
11.9 Franz Josef Glacier 197
11.10 Classen Glacier 199
11.11 Godley Glacier 200
11.12 Lyell Glacier 200
References 201
Chapter 12 Alps: Mont Blanc-Matterhorn Transect 203
Overview 203
12.1 Mer De Glace 204
12.2 Glacier d'Argentiere 206
12.3 Tour de Glacier 207
12.4 Trient Glacier 208
12.5 Saleina Glacier 210
12.6 Bossons Glacier 210
12.7 Taconnaz Glacier 210
12.8 Bionnassay Glacier 211
12.9 Otemma Glacier 212
12.10 Breney Glacier 213
12.11 Gietro Glacier 215
12.12 Corbassière Glacier 215
12.13 Glacier duMont Miné 215
12.14 Ferpécle Glacier 218
12.15 Gornergletscher 219
12.16 Findelengletscher 219
12.17 Theodulgletscher 219
12.18 Lex Blanche Glacier 221
12.19 Miage Glacier 222
12.20 Brouillard Glacier 224
12.21 Freney Glacier 224
References 224
Chapter 13 Alpine Glacier Change Summary 227
References 228
Index 231
EULA 234

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.11.2016
• Reihe/Serie: The Cryosphere Science Series
• Reihe/Serie: The Cryosphere Science Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: ALPINE • alpine regions • Balance • Change • climate change • Climatology & Palaeoclimatology • consecutive • Different • dire • earth sciences • Examined • Fluvial Hydrology & Limnology • Future • Geowissenschaften • Glacier • Glaciers • glaciers face • Global • goal • Hydrologie der Flüsse u. Binnengewässer • Hydrologie der Flüsse u. Binnengewässer • iconic • Indicator • Klimatologie u. Paläoklimatologie • Klimatologie u. Paläoklimatologie • Monitoring • Negative • Quartärforschung, Glaziologie • Quartärforschung, Glaziologie • Quaternary Science & Glaciology • response • Story • Volume • world glacier • years
• ISBN-10: 1-119-06810-X / 111906810X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-06810-5 / 9781119068105