Author: Arctic Construction and Frost Effects Laboratory (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
List of Reports of the Arctic Construction and Frost Effects Laboratory
Author: Arctic Construction and Frost Effects Laboratory (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Project Mint Julep
Author: Robert L. SchusterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ice
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Technical Report
Author: Technical Report ES.
Author: When the Ice Is Gone: What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future
Author: Paul BiermanPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 1324020687
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Paul Bierman’s realization that Greenland’s ice sheet melted when Earth was no warmer than today sounds an alarm for our planet. In 2018, lumps of frozen soil, collected from the bottom of the world’s first deep ice core and lost for decades, reappeared in Denmark. When geologist Paul Bierman and his team first melted a piece of this unique material, they were shocked to find perfectly preserved leaves, twigs, and moss. That observation led them to a startling discovery: Greenland’s ice sheet had melted naturally before, about 400,000 years ago. The remote island’s ice was far more fragile than scientists had realized—unstable even without human interference. In When the Ice Is Gone, Bierman traces the story of this extraordinary finding, revealing how it radically changes our understanding of the Earth and its climate. A longtime researcher in Greenland, he begins with a brief history of the island, both human and geological, explaining how over the last century scientists have learned to read the historical record in ice, deciphering when volcanoes exploded and humans started driving cars fueled by leaded gasoline. For the origins of ice coring, Bierman brings us to Camp Century, a U.S. military base built inside Greenland’s ice sheet, where engineers first drilled through mile-thick ice and into the frozen soil beneath. Decades later, a few feet of that long-frozen earth would reveal its secrets—ancient warmth and melted ice. Changes in Greenland reverberate around the world, with ice melting high in the arctic affecting people everywhere. Bierman explores how losing Greenland’s ice will catalyze devastating events if we don’t change course and address climate change now.
Research Report - Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Author: Technical Report - Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Author: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frozen ground
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Technical Report
Author: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frozen ground
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
CRREL Monograph
Author: The Distribution of Ten-meter Snow Temperatures on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Author: Steven J. MockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glacial climates
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
All available 10-m snow temperatures from the Greenland ice sheet have been collected and analyzed using multiple regression techniques to develop equations capable of accurately predicting these temperatures. The resulting equations show that 10-m snow temperatures in north Greenland and its sub-areas can be accurately predicted from the independent parameters, latitude and elevation. Longitude was found to be another significant parameter in south Greenland. In all cases the values of the multiple correlation coefficients were .928 or greater. Gradients of 10-m snow temperatures vs elevation for north Greenland are close to the dry adiabatic lapse rate, indicating adiabatic warming of katabatic winds as the controlling mechanism in the altitudinal distribution of both mean annual air temperatures and 10-m snow temperatures in dry snow. The data also suggest that south Greenland is colder with respect to its latitude and longitude than north Greenland. An isotherm contour map showing the distribution of 10-m snow temperatures on the Greenland ice sheet calculated from the prediction equations was prepared. A tabulation of the elevations and sources as well as brief studies of Marie Byrd Land and Victoria Land in the Antarctic are included. (Author).