Icebergs - Their Science and Links to Global Change

A comprehensive view of icebergs and their interaction with the ocean and climate, from a multidisciplinary perspective.

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Appointment with the Titanic; Part I. The Science of Icebergs: 2. The origin of icebergs; 3. The physics of icebergs; 4. Inputs from icebergs to the ocean; 5. Icebergs and the sea floor; Part II. Icebergs and their Impacts: 6. Icebergs and past climates; 7. Abrupt climate change due to icebergs; 8. Iceberg risk; 9. Icebergs: a freshwater source?; 10. Icebergs and the future; Index.

About the author

Grant R. Bigg is Professor of Earth System Science in the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield, and prior to this was Head of the Department of Geography at the same university. He won the Gordon Manley Weather Prize of the Royal Meteorological Society in 2004. Professor Bigg has published over 120 peer-reviewed papers, and is the author of The Oceans and Climate, now in its second edition. He has worked with industry on iceberg and sea-ice related topics since 2007.

Summary

This volume provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary view of icebergs and their interaction with the Earth system, from the physical and biological interaction with the ocean and climate, to how iceberg debris informs us about past Earth history. It also examines risks and opportunities posed by icebergs in the modern world.

Product details

• Authors: Grant R. Bigg, Grant R. (University of Sheffield) Bigg, Bigg Grant R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9781107067097
• ISBN: 978-1-107-06709-7
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography, The environment, Science / Environmental Science, Meteorology & climatology, Meteorology and climatology, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Oceanography (seas), Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning, Hydrology and the hydrosphere