Global Outlook for Ice and Snow - Chapter 3

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationScience Division
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-02T09:20:20Z
dc.date.available2017-02-02T09:20:20Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionChanges in ice and snow are influenced by variability within the climate system itself and by external factors such as greenhouse gases, solar variability, and volcanic dust – factors that act on time scales from months to hundreds of thousands of years. During the 21st century, the most important external influence on high latitude climate and on ice and snow conditions will be the increase in greenhouse gases. Natural climate variability will still impose regional, decadal, and year-to-year differences, and feedbacks will become increasingly important in the climate system. Before 2050 the ice albedo feedback will accelerate the loss of Arctic sea ice. Warmer temperatures will reduce the area of snow cover and produce an earlier melt in snow-covered regions. This reduced snow cover will itself speed up warmingen
dc.description.urihttps://www.unep.org/geo/geo_ice/
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dc.identifier.isbn978-92-807-2799-9
dc.identifier.otherDEW/0924/NA
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/14474
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.relation.ispartofGlobal Outlook for Ice and Snow
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectice
dc.titleGlobal Outlook for Ice and Snow - Chapter 3en
dc.typeInstitutional series
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000047

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