Glacier Hazards
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Glacier Hazards
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Author : Lance Tufnell
language : en
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Release Date : 1984
Glacier Hazards written by Lance Tufnell and has been published by Longman Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Science categories.
Describes how glacier fluctuations due to climatic changes as well as glacier floods and ice avalanches have interfered with human activity throughout history. A case-study of glacier fluctuations in the Swiss conton of Valais is used to emphasize the need for improved hazard prediction and accident prevention techniques.
Snow And Ice Related Hazards Risks And Disasters
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Author : Wilfried Haeberli
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2021-02-12
Snow And Ice Related Hazards Risks And Disasters written by Wilfried Haeberli and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-12 with Nature categories.
Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, Second Edition, provides you with the latest scientific developments in sea level rise, permafrost degradation, rock/ice avalanches, glacier surges, glacial lake outburst floods, ice shelf collapses, climate change implications, causality, impacts, preparedness and mitigation. The book takes a geo-scientific approach to the topic while also covering current thinking about directly related social scientific issues that can affect ecosystems and global economies. Special emphasis is placed on the rapidly progressing effects from global warming on the cryosphere, perspectives for the future and latest scientific advances, and technological developments. Presents the latest research on causality, glacial surges, ice-shelf collapses, sea level rise, climate change implications, and more Contains numerous tables, maps, diagrams, illustrations and photographs of hazardous processes Features new insights on the implications of climate change, including increased melting, collapsing, flooding, methane emissions, and sea level rise
Imaging Floods And Glacier Geohazards With Remote Sensing
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Author : Francesca Cigna
language : en
Publisher: MDPI
Release Date : 2021-05-11
Imaging Floods And Glacier Geohazards With Remote Sensing written by Francesca Cigna and has been published by MDPI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-11 with Science categories.
Remote sensing plays a pivotal role in understanding where and how floods and glacier geohazards occur; their severity, causes and types; and the risk that they may pose to populations, activities and properties. By providing a spectrum of imaging capabilities, resolutions and temporal and spatial coverage, remote sensing data acquired from satellite, aerial and ground-based platforms provide key geo-information to characterize and model these processes. This book includes research papers on novel technologies (e.g., sensors, platforms), data (e.g., multi-spectral, radar, laser scanning, GPS, gravity) and analysis methods (e.g., change detection, offset tracking, structure from motion, 3D modeling, radar interferometry, automated classification, machine learning, spectral indices, probabilistic approaches) for flood and glacier imaging. Through target applications and case studies distributed globally, these articles contribute to the discussion on the current potential and limitations of remote sensing in this specialist research field, as well as the identification of trends and future perspectives.
Glaciers Of The Karakoram Himalaya
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Author : Kenneth Hewitt
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-09-12
Glaciers Of The Karakoram Himalaya written by Kenneth Hewitt and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-12 with Science categories.
The Karakoram contains the greatest concentration of glaciers and most of the largest ice masses outside high latitudes. They comprise major stores and sources of fresh water in an otherwise extreme, continental, dry region. As many as 200 million people living downstream, in the valleys of the Indus and Yarkand Rivers, depend on melt waters from snow and ice. They are at risk from climate-change impacts on glaciers and water supply, and from hazards such as glacial lake outburst floods. Useful research initiatives go back to the nineteenth century, but coverage has generally been limited geographically and has not been continuous over time. It is almost 80 years since a monograph was devoted to the Karakoram glaciers. The book presents a comprehensive overview, including statistics for the ice cover, glacier mass balance and dynamics, glacierized landscapes, rock glaciers, water resources and environmental hazards. Published glaciological and related research is surveyed along with expedition reports and archival materials in several languages. The expanding potential of satellite coverage is exploited, but conditions and processes reported from field investigations are the main focus. Previously unpublished observations by the author are presented, based on some 45 years of work in the region. Broad understanding of the glacial environment is used to address emerging concerns about the High Asian cryosphere and the fate of its glaciers. These are discussed in relation to the pressing issues of water supply, environmental risk and sustainability. Questions of what is not known help identify much needed monitoring and research. The book is of interest to researchers, professionals, and those studying glaciers, mountain environments, water resources and environmental hazards. The topics discussed should be of concern for anyone involved in regional development and global change in South and Inner Asia.
In The Shadow Of Melting Glaciers
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Author : Mark Carey
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-04-07
In The Shadow Of Melting Glaciers written by Mark Carey and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-07 with History categories.
Climate change is producing profound changes globally. Yet we still know little about how it affects real people in real places on a daily basis because most of our knowledge comes from scientific studies that try to estimate impacts and project future climate scenarios. This book is different, illustrating in vivid detail how people in the Andes have grappled with the effects of climate change and ensuing natural disasters for more than half a century. In Peru's Cordillera Blanca mountain range, global climate change has generated the world's most deadly glacial lake outburst floods and glacier avalanches, killing 25,000 people since 1941. As survivors grieved, they formed community organizations to learn about precarious glacial lakes while they sent priests to the mountains, hoping that God could calm the increasingly hostile landscape. Meanwhile, Peruvian engineers working with miniscule budgets invented innovative strategies to drain dozens of the most unstable lakes that continue forming in the twenty first century. But adaptation to global climate change was never simply about engineering the Andes to eliminate environmental hazards. Local urban and rural populations, engineers, hydroelectric developers, irrigators, mountaineers, and policymakers all perceived and responded to glacier melting differently-based on their own view of an ideal Andean world. Disaster prevention projects involved debates about economic development, state authority, race relations, class divisions, cultural values, the evolution of science and technology, and shifting views of nature. Over time, the influx of new groups to manage the Andes helped transform glaciated mountains into commodities to consume. Locals lost power in the process and today comprise just one among many stakeholders in the high Andes-and perhaps the least powerful. Climate change transformed a region, triggering catastrophes while simultaneously jumpstarting modernization processes. This book's historical perspective illuminates these trends that would be ignored in any scientific projections about future climate scenarios.
Assessment Of Glacial Hazards Based On Remote Sensing And Gis Modeling
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Author : Christian Huggel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Assessment Of Glacial Hazards Based On Remote Sensing And Gis Modeling written by Christian Huggel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
Geomorphological Hazards In High Mountain Areas
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Author : J. Kalvoda
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Geomorphological Hazards In High Mountain Areas written by J. Kalvoda and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
On the basis of a total of thirteen case examples from the Tien Shan, Karakorum, Himalaya and Tangula Shan (central Tibet), the risk potential and hazards are inferred from the development of landscape during the Quaternary. The history of glaciers can be seen as of central importance for this. The Ice Age glacial erosion created V-shaped valleys, which with their steep flanks - as a consequence of the interglacial formation of V -valleys - have prepared and brought about landslides as well as rockslides and the hazards, combined with them. The same is true for the moraines, which the gla ciers have deposited high-up in the valley flanks and related loose stone deposits. Dry and wet mass movements follow after heavy precipitation, especially in the semi-arid investigation areas, and are catastrophes for the settlements and the communication routes in the valley floors. Their key-forms are debris cones and debris slopes, as well as mudflows and alluvial fans. In addition to the Ice Age glaciation history, as a preparatory, indirect factor, the Holocene to present glaciation history is, as a result of the danlming-up of glacier- and moraine lakes and their outbursts, a direct risk factor. The examples presented of acute and already occurred cases of damage were inves tigated in the years 1989-1994. Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the Max Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG), the Volkswagen-Stiftting (VW) and the Deutscher Aka demischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) for the financial support for the field-work.
Darkening Peaks
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Author : Benjamin S. Orlove
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2008-02-14
Darkening Peaks written by Benjamin S. Orlove and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-14 with Nature categories.
Discussing the ways that scientists have observed and modeled glaciers, this volume tells how climate change is altering their size and distribution, and looks closely at their effect on human life. Glaciers are important water and energy sources for those living in mountains and adjacent lowlands, as well as increase the hazards of flooding and landslides. In addition to investigating these issues and considering an array of possible responses, the contributors assess the cultural and spiritual impact of glacier retreat in this timely, comprehensive work on one of the most urgent and conspicuous consequences of global warming.
Natural Hazards In Forests
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Author : Wilfried Haeberli
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Natural Hazards In Forests written by Wilfried Haeberli and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Climatic changes categories.
Climate Change And Himalaya Natural Hazards And Mountain Resources
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Author : P. Gupta
language : en
Publisher: Scientific Publishers
Release Date : 2014-01-01
Climate Change And Himalaya Natural Hazards And Mountain Resources written by P. Gupta and has been published by Scientific Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-01 with categories.
The book “Climate Change and Himalaya- Natural hazards and mountain resources” presents the resources of Himalaya along with the potential natural hazards. It consists twenty two chapters from researchers working in different institutions with multi disciplinary approach. More than seven hundred glaciers were monitored and discussed in one of the chapter of this book. This book will be highly useful to researchers, policy makers, students and is an essential document to libraries of universities, colleges, research institutions and personnel collections.