The future of Asia's glaciers
Autor: | J. Graham Cogley |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
geography
Multidisciplinary geography.geographical_feature_category Resource (biology) 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences business.industry Global warming Environmental resource management Glacier Climate science 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
Zdroj: | Nature. 549:166-167 |
ISSN: | 1476-4687 0028-0836 |
DOI: | 10.1038/549166a |
Popis: | Glaciers in the high mountains of Asia are a crucial water resource, but are at risk from global warming. Modelling suggests that the glaciers will shed mass in direct proportion to the warming to which they are exposed. See Letter p.257 |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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