Vanishing Ice: Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Rising Seas

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Gornitz, Vivien, author.

Title: Vanishing ice: glaciers, ice sheets, and rising seas / Vivien Gornitz.

Description: New York: Columbia University Press, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018041938 | ISBN 9780231168243 (cloth: alk. paper) | ISBN 9780231548892 (ebk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Climatic changes—Arctic regions. | Glaciers—Climatic factors—Arctic regions. | Ice sheets—Arctic regions. | Sea level—Climatic factors—Arctic regions. | Cryosphere—History.

Classification: LCC QC903.2.A68 G67 2019 | DDC 551.6911/3—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018041938

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