Sea Ice

Building on the success of the previous edition, the second edition, now much expanded and in full colour throughout, includes six completely new chapters with complete revisions of all the chapters included from the first edition.

As the Arctic perennial sea ice continues to disappear at an alarming rate, a full understanding of sea ice as a crucial global ecosystem, and the effects of its loss is vital for all those working with and studying global climate change.

The editors have once again drawn together an extremely impressive group of internationally respected contributing authors, ensuring a comprehensive worldwide coverage of this incredibly important topic.

Sea Ice, second edition, is an essential purchase for oceanographers and marine scientists, environmental scientists, biologists, geochemists and geologists. All those involved in the study of global climate change will find this book to contain a wealth of important information. All libraries in universities and research establishments where these subjects are studied and taught will need multiple copies of this book on their shelves.

Key features:

• Truly multidisciplinary approach
• World leading authors and editors
• International in scope, covering both Arctic and Antarctic work
• Of vital interest to all those involved in global warming and climate change research
• Highly illustrated fullcolor book with colour images throughout

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Wiley

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Thomas, David N.; Dieckmann, Gerhard S.

ISBN:

978-1-40-518580-6

Specialty:

• Aquatic Sciences

Language:

English

Edition:

2nd

Pages:

640

Publication Year:

2009